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If the hornbill be the clown of the forest, the adjuant is the buffoon of the open plain.

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The splendid crow - splendid in sagacity, resource, adaptiveness, boldness, cunning, and depravity - a veritable Machiavelli among birds.

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Only those who have come under the sway of the charm of birds can appreciate to what an extent the "joie de vivre" is enhanced by an acquaintance with them. Interest in the feathered hosts, when once aroused in a man, will never flag or wane.

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Douglas Dewar

Douglas Dewar

Born: 1875

Died: 1957 (aged 82)

Bio: Douglas Dewar was a barrister, British civil servant in India, and ornithologist who wrote several books about Indian birds. He wrote widely in newspapers such as The Madras Mail, Pioneer, Times of India and periodicals such as the Civil and Military Gazette and Bird Notes,

Known for:

Birds of the Indian Hills (1915)
Birds Of The Plains (1908)
Transformist Illusion (1957)
The making of species (1909)
Bygone Days in India (1922)

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