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There was hardly any drawings or illustrations :(

You will find the illustrations from page 280 to 382 !

yeah got them !!! Good one :)

What a wonderful resource. I shall keep going back to it in the hope that I've discovered something which was believed to be lost and gone for ever. Trouble is, I have such trouble identifying birds. I refer to the books and can't find what I've spotted - often because I forgot to observe the colour of the legs - or maybe the shape of the bill.

Truly amazing, one moment u'll wonder, I hv seen that bird,but then u would realise that's a distinct cousin....

Distinct and extinct!

There is a documentry named "birds of paradise" by David Attunbarough... I think he has mentioned something from this book...

It is little known that India has more than 1200 species of birds (and many more if the distinct sub-species are included). Few are presumed extinct, eg. Himalayan Quail (endemic to Uttaranchal, last seen ~1876), and Pink-headed Duck. Jerdon's Courser: Only apprx. 30 nos. left in Andhra Pradesh wilderness, and there are many more birds in the increasing critical/vulnerable list... BirdLife International has a Preventing Extinctions Programme. http://www.birdlife.org/extinction/ *** Professor Niall Ferguson (dubbed 'the history boy') in the book 'The House Of Rothschild' dwells at length on Rothschild family a.k.a. 'The world's bankers'. So, Banking and Birding find company, many thanks RBSI for posting the link.