Ali, S. & Dillon Ripley, S. Compact Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Together with those of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Oxford University Press. 1987
pp.xxxviii, 737 with 104 full-page col. plates, b/w. illus. and dist. maps to text. Large 4to. Hardback. Marking to fore-edges of text block o/w. contents fine. Original blue cloth boards with some sunning to upper edges and slight bumping extremities, in vg. dw.
Nearly 1,200 species of birds are covered. Concise details on distribution, habitats, breeding, biology, diet, voice, etc, supported by 104 colour plates.
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