BIRDS OF THE PLAINS oontteued 



Western Morning News. " The book is enjoyable from the playful preface 

 to the last chapter." 



Spectator. " '. . . the contents are excellent." 



Field. " ... it may well stand on the same bookshelf with the enter 

 taining and instructive writings of ' Eha.' " 



Madame. " . . . accounts of many birds written in the author's inimitable 

 style." 



Outlook. " ... as charming a volume avowedly ornithological as it 

 has been our good fortune to encounter." 



Sunday Times. " Mr. Dewar, like Goldsmith, has a delightful style." 



Pall Mall Gazette. " Mr. Dewar's volume is one of the best recent examples 

 of sound information conveyed in attractive literary form." 



Literary World. " Upon every page . . . there is a merit to justify the 

 existence of the page." 



Dundee Advertiser. " . . . Just as good reading as . . . ' Bombay 

 Ducks,' and to say so much is to bestow high praise." 



Birmingham Post. " There is a gladness in his aspect, a pleasing inquisi- 

 tiveness concerning bird mystery, and a simple, candid style of self-revelation 

 in his essays full of fascination, with touches now and again that remind one 

 of the descriptive qualities of Francis A. Knight. The wood-joy that in- 

 spired the felicitous phrases and delightful reflections of John Burroughs in 

 the Western Hemisphere finds its counterpart in these Indian bird-pictures." 



Indian Field. " . . . not a volume that will grow dusty and uncared for 

 on a neglected shelf." 



Times of India. " The book has a charm all its own, and is written with 

 rare humour, a humour that in no way detracts from its scientific utility." 



Englishman. " One of the most interesting books on bird-life we have 

 seen." 



INDIAN BIRDS 



A KEY TO THE COMMON BIRDS OF THE PLAINS 

 OF INDIA 



BY DOUGLAS DEWAR 



PRESS OPINIONS 



Pall Mall Gazette. " This practical and useful work ... is a key to the 

 everyday birds of the Indian plains, in which birds are classified according 

 to their habits and outward differences . . . and familiarity with these 

 pages would enable the average man in a few weeks to know all the birds he 

 meets in an Indian station." 



Daily Mail." The plan of this clever little volume ... is as simple as 

 it is ingenious. ... It is a safe and thorough guide." 



Athenceum. " Mr. Dewar is a capable guide." 



Manchester Guardian. " . . . new, original and invaluable to the be- 

 ginner ... it is a small book, but it represents a wonderful amount of 

 thoughtful ingenuity and patient work." 



Daily News. " We feel inclined to defy any Indian bird to hide its identity 

 from an enquirer armed with this volume." 



Truth. " An admirable practical handbook of Indian ornithology." 



Scotsman. " Mr. Dewar's compact, clearly classified, concise and compre- 

 hensive manual . . . cannot but prove eminently serviceable." 



Spectator. " The book is most carefully compiled and much ingenuity is 

 displayed in framing this artificial analysis." 



Western Daily Mercury." A very interesting volume." 



