Jackal was flattered and delighted to receive
tribute from all the jungle folk
v! Who was Rajah Beje?
1 What did he do ta show his importance
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Explanation:
Douglas Dewar reports from an era when early naturalists like Jerdon, Hume and Finn were still gathering information about the birds of India. Identification and cataloguing of Indian avifauna was a work in progress. Posted in Punjab between 1921 and 1924 as Accountant General, Dewar wrote extensively on birds of India, and Jungle Folk is a compilation of his writing in the leading dailies of the day.
In this delightful collection of field reports, he takes the readers along to the leafy gardens of Madras to the bustling city of Lahore through the arid plains of Punjab. He peeps into the nest of a brown rock-chat, keenly observes the roosting of bee-eaters and comments on the migration pattern of the rosy starlings. The coots, moorhens, duck and the ever-graceful wagtails do not escape his observant eyes.
His writing gives us a sense of context and place in the days of the Raj as well. He ventures into the outskirts of Oudh to indulge in falconry and compares the skills of goshawks, sparrow-hawks and the peregrine falcons like an expert. He comments on game hunting habits of the elite and the native Indians as well. While most of the chapters in the book are devoted to his observation of the birds, he allows a few to focus on reptiles and mammals like the cobra, mongoose and squirrel.