Notes on the Birds of Upper Assam. Part I. Additions and Errata to Part I. Part II. Part III. [Complete].

Bombay [Mumbai], The Bombay Natural History Society, 1914-1915. 8vo (24.6 x 16.2 cm). 75 pp. [234-268, 547-570, 721-736]; one chromolithographed plate (tissue-guarded), two b/w photographic plates, one double-sized coloured map. Disbound. = A seldom-seen review of the birds of a hilly region in the east of India. Written by the British ornithologist, mammalogist and tea planter Herbert Stevens (1877-1964). He "had gone to India from Britain in 1901. He worked in the Lakhimpur district of Upper Assam, and in 1911 became Manager of the Gopaldra Tea Estate in Darjeeling until he retired in 1921 and returned to live in Britain. During his working life he studied and collected the birds of Upper Assam and Sikkim. His detailed notes on 464 bird species of Upper Assam and 549 of Sikkim were published in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, (1914-1915); (1923-1925). He avoided collecting in regions where the bird population was already well represented. In the introduction to his paper on the birds of Assam he expresses his concern at land being increasingly put under cultivation and calls for the safeguarding of the forest reserves." (Moore). The photographic plates show habitats/scenery. Publshed in the Society's Journal, Volume 23. The first part with sligtly larger margins. Please note there is no binding, otherwise, very good, clean and unmarked. Moore, A. (2023) British Ornithologists' Club Blog Herbert Stevens (1877-1964): F.Z.S., F.R.G.S.,M.S.P.F.(M.F.F.I.), M.B.O.C. Collector, Benefactor and Enigma.