Project Gutenberg 2014-07-26 Public domain in the USA. 192 Dewar, Douglas 1875 1957 13024164 Glimpses of Indian Birds Produced by Marcia Brooks, Stephen Hutcheson and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net "Glimpses of Indian Birds" by Douglas Dewar is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book presents an extensive overview of various species of birds native to India, detailing their characteristics, behaviors, and habitats. Dewar critiques prevailing theories of bird coloration and offers insights based on his observations from nature, making this work a combination of personal narrative and ornithological study. At the start of the book, the author enthusiastically describes a delightful experience in an Indian grove filled with a vibrant array of bird species. He paints a vivid picture of the life and sounds within this natural setting, mentioning various birds such as sunbirds, bulbuls, and flycatchers, and detailing their behaviors and interactions. Dewar’s passion for ornithology is evident as he critiques established theories and emphasizes the importance of direct observation in understanding avian life, setting the tone for further exploration of specific bird species throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46425/46425-h/images/cover.jpg en Birds -- India QL Text Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Science - General 583203 583213 2024-09-19T11:30:46.931286 2023-09-20T07:40:06.710465 text/html text/html 552308 2014-07-26T15:55:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 309501 2014-07-26T15:56:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 333930 2024-09-19T11:30:57.477238 application/epub+zip 348930 2024-09-19T11:30:49.613289 application/epub+zip 277835 2024-09-19T11:30:48.362269 application/epub+zip 548894 2024-09-19T11:31:03.502206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 460639 2024-09-19T11:30:56.325249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390024 2022-09-21T06:25:39.454305 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476061 2024-09-19T11:30:45.409310 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 477785 2014-07-26T15:55:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 182192 2014-07-26T15:56:34 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 475780 2014-07-26T15:55:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 181733 2014-07-26T15:56:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 475796 2014-07-26T15:55:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 181677 2014-07-26T15:56:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21079 2024-09-19T11:31:03.651202 application/rdf+xml 16841 2024-09-19T11:30:48.513284 image/jpeg 1969 2024-09-19T11:30:48.438294 image/jpeg 311621 2024-09-19T11:30:46.979325 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog