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==Historical background==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_natural_history#Colonial_India Indian Natural history- Colonial India] Wikipedia*[http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:xW7yShNIZTcJ:www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005af6_114.pdf “Development of Life Sciences in India in Eighteenth- Nineteenth Century”] by B. L. Jain ''Indian Journal of History of Science'', 17 (1); 114—131. This is the html version and the last page may not be accessible. This is the [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005af6_114.pdf. pdf link] for the same article.*[http://www.bnhsenvis.nic.in/pdf/Vol%204%20(2).pdf “The history of Indian mammalogy and ornithology. Part II. Birds”] by Sir Norman Kinnear 1952, pages 1-11 of the pdf, and “Bird Study in India: It’s History and It’s Importance” by Salim Ali 1979, pages 12-18 of the pdf. Reprinted in [http://www.bnhsenvis.nic.in/Vol4.htm ''Buceros''] Volume IV No.2 1999 ''Buceros'' is an ENVIS newsletter published by the ENVIS Centre at the BNHS (Bombay Natural History Society).
*[http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:BRAz7eNHz3cJ:www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b6d_99.pdf ” Ornithology in India: It’s Past, Present and Future”] by Salim Ali 1971. This is the html version and the last page may not be accessible. This is the [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b6d_99.pdf pdf link] for the same article.
====Robert Wight====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wight Robert Wight] 1796-1872 (Wikipedia).He joined the Madras Medical Service in 1819 and was appointed Naturalist in 1826. *[http://linnean.org/fileadmin/images/Publications/Hooker_Web.pdf “The Hooker Lecture: Robert Wight and the Illustration of Indian Botany"] by Henry Noltie , 8 December 2005 , The Linnean Society
*[http://www.rbge.org.uk/the-gardens/edinburgh/inverleith-house/archive-exhibitions/inverleith-house-archive-main-programme/rungiah-and-govindoo-south-indian-botanical-drawings-1826-1853 Rungiah and Govindoo - South Indian Botanical Drawings 1826-1853] Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh

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