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==Historical background==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_natural_history#Colonial_India Indian Natural history - Colonial India] Wikipedia
*"Development of Life Sciences in India in Eighteenth- Nineteenth Century"] by B. L. Jain ''Indian Journal of History of Science'', 17 (1); 1982, pp114—131. [httphttps://wwwweb.insaarchive.nic.inorg/web/UI20221019033938/Archivesection.aspx Archives at Indian National Science Academy Journals]*[httphttps://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol34_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).* [https://web.archive.org/web/20220616074523/https://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol37B_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. [http://www.insa.nic.in/UI/Archivesection.aspx Archives at Indian National Science Academy Journals]
==Individuals==
*[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.
*[http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/ref/collection/nat_hist/id/46017 See below for online versions of ''An Account of Indian Serpents collected on the Coast of Coromandel''] by Patrick Russell MD, FRS 1796. With Plates. Linda Hall Library Kansas City, USA, LHL Digital Collections. Note: after the 'Zoom in' icon, click on the next icon 'Full Browser', for ease of reading. The images are stated to be in Tiff format, so if you cannot see the images refer [[Online books#Digital Library of india|Online books-Digital Library of india]] for details of Tiff plugins.:[https://archive.org/details/accountIndianse2Russ and ''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.
====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
