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==Historical background==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_natural_history#Colonial_India Indian Natural history - Colonial India] Wikipedia
*[httphttps://www.newweb.dliarchive.ernet.inorg/rawdatauploadweb/upload20221019033938/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. *[httphttps://www.newinsa.dli.ernetnic.in/rawdatauploadwritereaddata/uploadUpLoadedFiles/insaIJHS/INSA_1/20005b66_317Vol34_4_4_RKKochhar.pdf "Science in British India"] by RK Kochhar ''Indian Journal of History of Science'' 34(4) 1999 pp317-346 , archived webpage. *[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/Vol4writereaddata/BUCEROS_40.htm pdf ''Buceros''] Volume IV No.2 1999 ''Buceros'' is an ENVIS newsletter published by the ENVIS Centre at the BNHS (Bombay Natural History Society).*[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20220616074523/https://www.newinsa.dli.ernetnic.in/rawdatauploadwritereaddata/uploadUpLoadedFiles/insaPINSA/INSA_1/20005b6d_99Vol37B_1971_3_Art01.pdf "Ornithology in India: It’s Past, Present and Future"] by Salim Ali ''Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy'' Volume 37, B3, 1971, pages 99-113, archived webpage.
==Individuals==
===Surgeons===
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=h6xSzhlmNdoC&pg=PA331 Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600-1860] by Richard H Grove page 331, including the footnote gives more details including that he was initially an assistant surgeon. Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/369/mode/1up/search/Russell Patrick Russell] from ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' by Charles Edward Buckland Archive.org.
*See below for online versions of ''An Account of Indian Serpents collected on the Coast of Coromandel'' by Patrick Russell and ''A Continuation of an Account of Indian Serpents''] by Patrick Russell 1801
====William Roxburgh====
==Historical books online==
*[https://archive.org/details/accountindianse1russ/page/n5/mode/2up''An Account of Indian Serpents collected on the Coast of Coromandel''] by Patrick Russell MD, FRS 1796. Archive.org. Also available [https://catalog.lindahall.org/permalink/01LINDAHALL_INST/1nrd31s/alma992000933405961 Linda Hall Library Digital Collections] Linda Hall Library Kansas City, USA.
:[https://archive.org/details/accountIndianse2Russ ''A Continuation of an Account of Indian Serpents''] by Patrick Russell 1801 Archive.org. With Plates. This volume is Part Ii, and contains Appendices written in 1804 and 1809.
*[https://archive.org/details/accountoffishesf00hami/page/n7/mode/2up ''An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches''] by Francis Hamilton (formerly Buchanan) 1822 Archive.org. With a separate volume of Plates: [https://archive.org/details/accountfishesfoatlaHami/page/n7/mode/2up File 1], [https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003649255/page/n1/mode/2up File 2], Archive.org
*''Flora Indica; Or, Descriptions of Indian Plants'' by William Roxburgh 1832 edition Google Books. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1IYCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 Volume I], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=KYcCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP9 Volume II], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fm0IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume III]
**[http://apps.kew.org/floraindica/home.do Roxburgh's ''Flora Indica'']. This web site brings together William Roxburgh's three-volume text-only ''Flora Indica'' published posthumously in 1832, with the illustrations he commissioned of most of the plants he described. Kew Gardens
