Phillips, W. W. A: Manual of the Mammals of Ceylon.

London, Dulau 1935, XXVII, 373 pp. With 38 plates, 55 text-figures and 1 folded map of Ceylon. 4°, original dark green cloth binding, black letttering.

I have endeavoured in this volume to give an accurate, thugh muc abbreviated, systematic account of the terrestrial mammals of the island, together with a full description of their distribution and their habits. ... I have given full descriptions of each species and sub-species and (I) ... hope that the volume will be found of real interest and assistance to those for whome it has, primarily, been written, namely, the Field Naturalist, the Sportsman and the Agriculturist. (Introduction). - Es werden folgende Familien folgender Ordnungsgruppen behandelt: Primates, Lipotyphlla, Chiroptera, Carnivora, Rodentia, Lagomorpha, Proboscidea, Artiodactyla, Pholidota sowie deren Unterordnungen. Die Tafeln zeigen diverse Tierarten teils in ihrer natürlichen Umgebung, die Textabbildungen Detailzeichnungen von Skelett- und Schädelformen. - Pages minimally browned, ex-libris, else a fine copy.