To mark their centenary, the Bombay Natural History Society has compiled a one-volume encyclopedia devoted to the teeming plant and animal life of the entire subcontinent: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Burma, Bhutan and Nepal. Written in an easily accessible style, the encyclopedia includes over 550 articles by 96 contributors in 22 subject categories, each edited by a well-known authority. There are richly illustrated entries on general topics such as altruistic behavior, mating systems, animal communication and ...
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To mark their centenary, the Bombay Natural History Society has compiled a one-volume encyclopedia devoted to the teeming plant and animal life of the entire subcontinent: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Burma, Bhutan and Nepal. Written in an easily accessible style, the encyclopedia includes over 550 articles by 96 contributors in 22 subject categories, each edited by a well-known authority. There are richly illustrated entries on general topics such as altruistic behavior, mating systems, animal communication and parasites; on the more commonly known flora and fauna of India, including tigers, pythons, rubber trees, bamboos and elephants; and on exotica such as Bandicoot rats, dugongs, skinks, mudskippers and flying snakes. Revealing the vast range and complexity of life forms and all their wonderful adaptations, the Encyclopedia of Indian Natural History provides general readers, students and conservationists with a fascinating and informative survey of one of the most exotic natural habitats in the world.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0195616235. Large format hardcover with dustjacket, this fine gift copy is in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws to the book or jacket and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "Richly illustrated-covers the natural history of Pakistan Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Burma, Bhutan, and Nepal as well as that of India. It contains over 550 articles by 96 distinguished contributors, " alphabetically arranged; 620 pages.
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Doris Norden & Bittu Sahgal. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Folio. 1st printing; dj w/lite wsear only; large, oversized; 620 clean, unmarked pages w/ 40 plates, pictorial endpapers, index....natural history of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Burma, Bhutan, Nepal, India, with more than 550 articles by 96 contributors covering 22 subject categories.
