Petronia: Fifty Years of Post-Independence Ornithology in India
Subtitle: A Centenary Dedication to Dr. Salim Ali, 1896-1996
Contributors: J. C. Daniel (Editor); Gayatri W. Ugra (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 18, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780195666533
First sentence: Salim Abdul Ali or Salim A. Ali, as he preferred to be known, was born on 11th November, 1896, in the rambling family house at Khetwadi, presently a densely overcrowded area in the heart of the city, but then a middle class residential locality of Bombay (Mumbai) city.