BOMBAY DUCKS 



An Account of Some of the Every-day Birds and Beasts 

 Found in a Naturalist's El Dorado. By Douglas Dewar. 

 With 38 Illustrations reproduced, from Photographs, by Capt. 

 Fayrer, i.m.s. Demy 8vo, i6s. net. 



Truth, — "Charming . . , Mr. Dewar is a naturalist with a happy gift for 

 writing in a bright and entertaining way, yet without any sacrifice of scientific 

 accuracy about the animals whose habits and characteristics he has studied. 

 . . . He shows that the truth about the ways of birds and beasts can be 

 made wonderfully interesting without recourse to fiction — at any rate, when 

 the story is told by a naturalist who knows how to combine vivacity with 

 veracity in his handling of facts." 



Daily Neivs. — "This new and sumptuous book. . . . Mr. Dewar gives us 

 a charming introduction to a great many interesting birds." 



Standard. — "The East has ever been a place of wonderment, but the writer 

 of ' Bombay Ducks ' brings before Western eyes a new set of pictures. . . . 

 The book is entertaining, even to the reader who is not a naturalist first and a 

 reader afterwards. . . . The illustrations . . . cannot be too highly praised. 

 Seldom have we seen photographs of living birds that attained such a high 

 pitch of excellence." 



BIRDS OF THE PLAINS 



By Douglas Dewar, Author of " Bombay Ducks," etc. 

 With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo, los. 6d. net. 



This consists of a number of vivid pen-pictures of Indian birds by one who 

 knows his subject, and makes no attempt to humanize them. The sketches 

 are written in breezy language, and will appeal to the general reader as well as 

 to the naturalist. But the book is more than a mere entertaining account 

 of certain interesting birds. It displays original observations and thought. 

 For instance, Mr. Dewar is the first to describe the tailor-bird's method of 

 building its wonderful nest. The work is one long protest against the 

 dogmatism of the modern Darwinism. Zoologists will have either to dispose 

 of Mr. Dewar's objections and arguments or to modify their existing ideas 

 regarding sexual and natural selection, protective coJourization and mimicry. 



BIRDS BY LAND AND SEA 



By S. Maclair Boraston. With 65 Illustrations from Photo- 

 graphs taken by the Author and others. Demy 8vo, los. 6d. net. 



Literary World. — " It is a long time since we had before us a book so 

 broadly attractive ... a book that is but meagrely described by being called 

 a feast for lovers of ornithology." 



Athenaum. — "The illustrations, exceeding sixty in number, are in most 

 instances so exquisite that it is difficult to select any for special praise." 



Western Morning Neivs. — " A really delightful volume of bird-lore . . . the 

 book affords us a very real pleasure." 



