_Daily News._—“This new and sumptuous book. . . . Mr. Dewar gives us a charming introduction to a great many interesting birds.”
_Pall Mall Gazette._—“Most entertaining dissertations on the tricks and manners of many birds and beasts in India.”
_Graphic._—“The book is written in a most readable style, light and easy, yet full of information, and not overburdened with scientific words and phrases. . . . The habits of the different birds are fully described, often in a very amusing and interesting manner.”
_Outlook._—“Pleasant reading, with pretty touches of the author’s own fancy; a good deal of information agreeably conveyed. . . . The illustrations are of an extremely high order, constituting not only a beautiful, but a really valuable series of portraits.”
_County Gentleman._—“Thoroughly entertaining to all who can appreciate either animal life as seen through practised eyes, or witty and humorous writing in any form. . . . The book is handsomely produced, and is altogether an attractive acquisition.”
_Illustrated London News._—“Mr. Dewar . . . has collected a series of essays on bird life which for sprightliness and charm are equal to anything written since that classic, ‘The Tribes on my Frontier,’ was published.”
_Indian Daily News._—“Mr. Dewar’s excellent book. . . . We sincerely hope that our readers will derive the same lively pleasure from the reading of this book as we have done.”
_Yorkshire Daily Observer._—“This handsome and charming book . . . the author has many interesting observations to record, and he does so in a very racy manner.”
_Dublin Express._—“Mr. Dewar’s account of the ‘Naturalist’s El Dorado’ is particularly captivating, and is rendered not the less so by the splendidly produced photographs of living birds.”
_Manchester Guardian._—“. . . A series of clever and accurate essays on Indian natural history written by a man who really knows the birds and beasts. . . .”
_Shooting Times._—“. . . a more delightful work than ‘Bombay Ducks’ has not passed through our hands for many a long day, and the way the themes are written are so much to the point. There is not a dull line in the book, which is beautifully illustrated. . . .”
_Truth._—“. . . A naturalist with a happy gift for writing in a bright and entertaining way, yet without any sacrifice of scientific accuracy. . . .”