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Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan

The Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan was published in ten volumes, by OUP India, between 1968 and 1974. A second edition of the handbook was published between 1978 and 2001.

A single volume "compact" edition was published in 1983, incorporating text from the first edition of the handbook and early volumes of the second edition. The compact edition had new plates by John Henry Dick. A companion volume to the compact edition A Pictorial Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent comprising the new plates and very brief text was also published in 1983. An updated compact edition was published in 1987.

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A Pictorial Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent

Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley

Bombay Natural History Society

Second edition

1996

An edition with revised text.

Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan

Compact Edition

Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley

Oxford University Press (India)

Second edition

1987

A single, compact edition of the 10 volume Handbook. This second compact edition incorporated more material from the second edition of the full handbook.

A Pictorial Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent

Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley

Bombay Natural History Society

1983

"This unique volume depicts all of the bird species in the Indian subcontinent, systematically organized for easy access and quick reference. The book includes 106 plates, 73 in full color by John Henry Dick, the distinguished illustrator. Concise information concerning status, size, habitat, and distribution of the birds is included. The book also features a "Systematic Index of Families and Species" with notes on the characteristics of each family."

Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan

Compact Edition

Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley

Oxford University Press (India)

1983

A single, compact edition of the 10 volume Handbook. Includes many colour plates produced for this edition and much reduced text. This compact edition incorpoprated material from the first edition of the full Handbook and early volumes of the second edition.