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100 _a Kothari, Ashok S, Ed.
245 0 0 _aTreasures of Indian wildlife /
_cedited by Ashok S. Kothari and Boman F. Chhapgar.
260 _aMumbai, India :
_bBombay Natural History Society,
_cc2005.
300 _a216 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
500 _aSequel to Salim Ali's India.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 210-212).
505 1 _aBanian tree, the pride of Hindostan / James Forbes -- The Manpoora tiger : about a tiger hunt in Rajpootanah / "Royal Tiger" -- Baug! Baug! Baug! / Sir John Day -- Gond fable of Singbaba -- The oppression of man / S. Eardley-Wilmot -- A forest fire / S. Eardley-Wilmot -- Tigers of Salsette Island / James Forbes -- Goruckpore Terai, where tigers were "plentiful as blackberries" : before the march of civilization made inroads on their domains / "Fleetwood" -- Wounded tigers, panthers, and bears / Reginald Gilbert -- The Indian wild boar as grazier / A.K. Nelson -- Khedda : elephant trapping / "Master Edward" -- Lion hunt in Hurriana / "Quondam" -- The past and present distribution of the lion in India / N.B. Kinnear -- An adventure with a cobra de Capella / "Miles" -- The poisonous snakes of the Bombay Presidency / H.M. Phipson -- A giant squid attacking a ship -- Wildlife around Cambay and Ahmedabad : during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when tigers used to enter the city limits of Ahmedabad and lions were found near Cambay / James Campbell -- Sport and natural history around Deesa in northern Gujarat / Capt. C.G. Nurse -- Vanishing wildlife of Panchmahals / James Campbell -- Trees and plants of Rewa Kantha / James Campbell -- Khandesh, a stronghold of wild beast / James Campbell -- Wildlife of Jalpaiguri District / John F. Gruning -- A visit to Narcondam / B.B. Osmastron -- Gleanings [from the Society's Journal].
520 _aSelections from the Society's Library's books, journals, and gazeteers, and from its Journal.
650 0 _aNatural history
_zIndia.
650 0 _aAnimals
_zIndia.
650 0 _aForest animals
_zIndia.
650 0 _aBirds
_zIndia.
700 1 _aKothari, Ashok S.
700 1 _aChhapgar, B. F.
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