Englishman.—­“The reader will easily fall under the sway of the writer’s charms....  Mr. Dewar’s book is as interesting as it is entertaining.”

BOMBAY DUCKS
AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE EVERYDAY BIRDS AND BEASTS FOUND IN A
NATURALIST’S EL DORADO
BY DOUGLAS DEWAR
ILLUSTRATED BY MAJOR F. D. S. FAYRER

PRESS OPINIONS

Standard.—­“The book is entertaining, even to a reader who is not a naturalist first and a reader afterwards....  The illustrations cannot be too highly praised.”

Daily News.—­“A charming introduction to a great many interesting birds.”

Scotsman.—­“Like a good curry, it is richly and agreeably seasoned with a pungent humour.”

Manchester Guardian.—­“A series of clever and accurate essays on Indian Natural History written by a man who really knows the birds and beasts.”

Daily Chronicle.—­“A series of informing and often diverting chapters.”

Tribune.—­“Those who know India ... will find themselves smiling again and again at the vivid recollection called up by these descriptions.”

Times.—­“A collection of bright popular papers by an observant naturalist.”

Pall Mall Gazette.—­“Most entertaining dissertations on the tricks and manners of many birds and beasts in India.”

Yorkshire Daily Observer.—­“This handsome and charming book ... the author has many interesting observations to record, and he does so in a very racy manner.”

Spectator.—­“Mr. Douglas Dewar’s book is excellent ... the photographs of birds by Captain Fayrer ... are most remarkable.”

Graphic.—­“Light and easy, yet full of information.”

County Gentleman.—­“Thoroughly interesting.”

Illustrated London News.—­“Mr. Dewar ... has collected a series of essays on bird life which for sprightliness and charm are equal to anything written since that classic ‘The Tribes on my Frontier’ was published.”

Shooting Times.—­“... a more delightful work ... has not passed through our hands for many a long day....  There is not a dull line in the book, which is beautifully illustrated.”

Truth.—­“... a naturalist with a happy gift for writing in a bright and entertaining way, yet without any sacrifice of scientific accuracy.”

Outlook.—­“... the essays make pleasant reading....  We doubt if anything better has been done in bird photography.”

Pioneer.—­“... not only is the book very fascinating to read, but most instructive.”

Indian Daily News.—­“Mr. Dewar’s excellent book ... beautifully illustrated.”

Indian Daily Telegraph.—­“Mr. Dewar’s book is of the kind of delightful volume which is always to be kept at hand and dipped into.”

Madras Mail.—­“Phil Robinson delighted a generation that knew not ‘Eha,’ and now Mr. Dewar will complete a trio which, for some time to come at least, will stand for all that is best in that branch of literature which they have made their own.”