A Himalayan Ornithologist by Mark Cocker
Our present-day knowledge of the birds of the Himalayan region can be traced back to the pioneering work of Brian Houghton Hodgson who was a 19th century naturalist, scholar and administrator. Born in Cheshire in 1800, Hodgson was resident in Kathmandu for many years and he described or collected over 120 species of birds new to science. He trained a team of Nepalese artists to produce water-colour plates of the birds of the Himalayas; this was never completed, but the collection of paintings is now in the possession of the Zoological Society of London. Most of the 49 plates selected for this volume have never been published before. While concentrating primarily upon Hodgson's ornithological work, this book also describes his contributions to other branches of natural history and ethnography, as well as his work on the nature of the Buddhist religion. His administrative career is also outlined and there is a chapter describing the changes to the bird life of the region since Hodgson 's time.
Richard Grimmett was founding chairman of the Oriental Bird Club and is coauthor (with Carol Inskipp and Tim Inskipp) of A Guide to the Birds of India and Birds of India (both Princeton). Carol Inskipp is the author of A Birdwatcher's Guide to Nepal. In addition to cowriting two books with Carol Inskipp and Richard Grimmett, Tim Inskipp is the coauthor of An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198576198 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198576196 |
| Title | A Himalayan Ornithologist |
| Author | Mark Cocker |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1988-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 98 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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