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*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1934-when-the-red-gods-call-being-the-biography-of-a-shikari-in-the-making-by-malet-s-pdf/ ''When the Red Gods Call: Being The Biography Of A Shikari In The Making''] by Rawdon Malet 1934. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download does not display, go to Books/Indian Subcontinent/scroll to 1934. An account of the hunting career of James Carmody Collinson. He came to India after demobilisation following WW1. His travels took him to Baltistan, Tibet and Ladakh, where he hunted ibex and other game; journeying to India's Central Provinces, he successfully pursued tiger, sambur and bear<ref>[https://www.shakariconnection.com/books-about-early-african-hunters.html "Books About Early African Hunters"] shakariconnection.com </ref>.
* ''Shikar Memories'' by Lieut.-Col. H S Wood [Henry Stotesbury], IMS (Late M O 2/8th Gurkhas and Civil Surgeon, Assam) 1934. Full title: ''Shikar Memories. A record of sport and observation in India and Burma''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.211390 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209132/page/n259 Battle between an Assam tigress and a Rajput elephant] involving C. B. a forestry official with a wooden leg, from [[Kathiawar]], pages 251-254 ''Khyber Caravan: Through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India'' by Gordon Sinclair 1936. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/tigerhunters029908mbp ''The Tiger Hunters''] by Brigadier-General R G Burton 1936 Archive.org
* ''Jungle Trails in Northern India: Reminiscences of Hunting in India'' by John Hewett. With 24 plates and a map 1938. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209125 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Sir John was Governor of United Provinces with many royal friends. Hunting largely between 1907 and 1912, including tiger hunting in the jungles of Tarai, Cooch Behar, the Central Provinces, and up north in Kumaon and Garhwal.
