Fauna of the Inlé Lake.

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Annandale, [T.] N.

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Calcutta, The Director of the Zoological Survey of India, 1918. Large 8vo. 214 pp.; 27 plates (mostly lithographs and photogravures), one coloured map, several text illustrations. Original printed wrappers. = A seldom-seen zoological survey of one of Myanmar's ("Burma's") most interesting lakes, being the second largest of the country, and known for its high endemism, in particular of fish and molluscs, who figure prominently in this volume: seven plates and 34 pages deal with fish; 11 plates, several text illustrations and over 85 pages deal with snails and bivalves. The editor, the Scottish zoologist (chiefly malacologist, entomologist and ichthyologist) Thomas Nelson Annandale (1876-1924) is also the author of both sections. The fauna of lake is now under severe threat due to pollution and the introduction of non-native fish and the non-native water hyacinth. Published as Records of the Indian Museum volume 14. Wrappers slightly soiled, spine ends worn, otherwise a very good, clean copy.