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The Journal of the Darjeeling Natural History Society June 1937

1937

The Society was started about the end of 1923 the objects being to maintain the Museum in a proper condition ; to promote the study of Natural History and to get together as complete as possible collections of Natural History specimens from a limited area including the civil districts of Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling and the State of Sikkim " as well as what could be procured from the neighbourin [...] The Yellow-billed Blue Magpie The Bora Cheng The Red-headed Tit The Grey Tit The Green-backed Tit Gould's Parrot-Bill The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch The Cinnamon-bellied Nuthatch The White-tailed Nuthatch The Assam Black Partridge and republished in... [...] At the time of which I am writing the young birds were a few days old and Iliad seen the old birds feeding them as I daily. passed the tree on my way to the cutcherry. [...] On the borders of the tea-cultivation and alongside of heavy forest a large dead tree had been blown down amongst the tea-bushes there was a deal of earth clinging to the roots of this tree and in this earth a hole had been excavated by the birds. [...] On the contrary the kins of y small Mammals CRats and Mice in particula retch very readily so that the larger( 18 ) incision employed in the method about to be described is pqferable reducing as it does the stretching of the skin while extracting the carcase.
agriculture environment
Pages
58
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120302
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-iii C.M. Inglish view
Frontmatter
i-vi C.M. Inglish view
The Kingfishers of Our Area
1-6 C.M. Inglish view
Observations on the Gaur and its Shikar
7-17 H.S. Wood view
Preparing Specimens of Small Mammals Other Than Bats
17-26 C. Primrose view
A Cool and Audacious Tiger
27-28 C.M. Inglish view
Mahseer Fishing in Mysore
28-31 J. Ingen view
Himalayan Snake Lilies
31-35 Ida Colthurst view
Darjeeling Natural History Society
36-39 C.M. Inglish view
Backmatter
i-i C.M. Inglish view

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