Valmik Thapar
2016, 24 cm., ISBN 9789383064694, pp.
482 (col. ills.)
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About the Book :
India has more than 1,200 species of birds. The
richness and diversity of the country's birdlifehas been celebrated by
thousands of ornithologists, birders and amateur naturalists forhundreds of
years. Winged Fire brings together the best accounts, pictures and art on our birds.
Contributors include luminaries like Babur, Abu'l-Fazl,
Jahangir, Franois Pyrard,Edward Hamilton Aitken, Douglas Dewar, Jim Corbett,
Colonel Kesri Singh, F. W. Champion,Salim Ali, E. P. Gee, A. Mervyn Smith, Hugh
Allen, Kenneth Anderson, M. Krishnan, KhushwantSingh, R. S. Dharmakumarsinhji,
E. R. C. Davidar, Zafar Futehally, Ruskin Bond, A. J. T. Singh,Peter Smetacek,
Irwin Allan Sealy, Rishad Naoroji, and Bulbul Sharma.An essay by Ramki
Sreenivasan provides a detailed account of the major species and
theirdistribution, behaviour and habitats.
Winged Fire is the last book in the trilogy-that
also includes Wild Fire and Tiger Fire-put together by Valmik Thapar; taken
together, these books give the reader an extraordinary view of India's
wildlife.
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