Fauna of British India
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'''The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma''' was a series of publications made by the British government in [[India]] and was published by [[Taylor and Francis]] of London. It was started somewhere in 1881 after a letter was sent to the Secretary of State for India signed by [[Charles Darwin]], Sir [[Joseph Dalton Hooker]] and other eminent men of science.<ref>Kinnear, N.B. (1951) The history of Indian mammalogy and ornithology. Part I. Mammals. J. Bombay. Nat. Hist. Soc. 50</ref><ref>Kinnear, N.B. (1952) The history of Indian mammalogy and ornithology. Part II. Birds. J. Bombay. Nat. Hist. Soc. 51(1): 104-110</ref> For this [[William Thomas Blanford|W. T. Blanford]] was appointed as editor and was also made in charge of the volume on mammals.
[[Image:WTBlanford.jpg|thumb|[[William Thomas Blanford|W. T .Blanford (1832 – 1905)]]]]
In his volume on the Mammals, Blanford notes:
{{cquote|The need for new and revised descriptive works had, for some years before 1881, been felt and discussed amongst naturalists in India, but the attention of the Government was, I believe, first called to the matter by a memorial dated Sept. 15th of that year, prepared by Mr. P. L. Sclater, the well-known Secretary of the Zoological Society, signed by Mr. Charles Darwin, Sir J. Hooker, Professor Huxley, Sir J. Lubbock, Prof. W. H. Flower, and by Mr. Sclater himself, and presented to the Secretary of State for India. This memorial recommended the preparation of a series of Handbooks of Indian Zoology and my appointment as Editor. It is scarcely necessary to add that to the recommendation of men so highly respected and so well known in the world of Science the publication of the present ''Fauna of British India'' is greatly due, and that Mr. Sclater is entitled to the thanks of all interested in the Zoology of India for the important part he took in the transaction. I can only express a hope that the present series as a whole may be worthy of the distinguished support to which, in so great a degree, it owes its origin.}}
The following is a list of volumes produced in the series.
==Protozoa==
* Bhatia, B. (1936) Vol. I Protozoa:Ciliophora
* Bhatia, B. (1938) Vol. II Protozoa: Sporozoa
==Porifera==
* [[Nelson Annandale|Annandale, Nelson]] (1911) Freshwater sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa [251 p - 48 figs - 5 pl ]
==Nematoda, Cestoda, Oligochaeta, Annelida etc.==
* Baylis, H. (1936) [[Nematoda]]. 1. Ascaroidea and Strongyloidea [408 p - 182 figs ]
* Baylis, H. (1939) [[Nematoda]]. 2. Filarioidea, Dioctophymoidea and Trichinelloidea [274 p - 150 figs ]
* Harding & Moore (1927) Hirudinea xxxviii + 302 p - 63 figs - 8 pl (4 col.) - 1 map
* Southwell, T. (1930) Cestoda
* Stephenson, J. (1923) Oligochaeta xxiv + 518 p - 261 figs
==Mollusca==
* Gude, G.K. (?) Mollusca. 1.
* Gude, G.K. (1914) Mollusca. 2. xii + 520 p - 164 fig
* Gude, G.K. (1921) Mollusca. 3. Land operculates 386 p
* Preston, H. (1915) Mollusca. Freshwater Gastropoda & Pelecypoda 244 p - 29 figs
==Arachnida==
* [[Reginald Innes Pocock|Pocock, R.I.]] (1900) Arachnida
==Hemiptera==
* [[William Lucas Distant|Distant,W.L.]] (1902) Rhynchota 1. Heteroptera. Pentat., Coreidae, Beryt.
* Distant,W.L. (1903) Rhynchota 2. Heteroptera. Family 4 to 16. (Lygaeidae - Capsidae).
* Distant,W.L. (1906) Rhynchota 3. Heteroptera / Homoptera. Het.-family 17 to 24. (Anthoceridae - Coricidae) / Cicadidae, Fulgoridae.
* Distant,W.L. (1902) Rhynchota 4. Homoptera: Membracidae, Cercopidae, Jassidae. Heteroptera: Appendix to Vol. 1.
* Distant,W.L. (1902) Rhynchota 5. Heteroptera. Appendix to vols. 2 - 4.
* Distant,W.L. (1902) Rhynchota 6. Homoptera. Appendix to vols. 3 and 4.
* Distant,W.L. (1902) Rhynchota 7. Homoptera, appendix to Jassidae. Heteroptera, addenda.
* Distant,W.L. (1910) Heteroptera. 5. Appendix to vols 2-4 [xii + 362 p - 214 figs]
* Distant,W.L. (1918) Rhynchota. 7. Homoptera : Appendix. Heteroptera : Addenda [viii + 210 p - 90 figs]
==Dermaptera==
* Burr, M. (1910) [[Dermaptera]] [217 p - 10 pl]
==Odonata==
* [[Frederic Charles Fraser|Fraser, F.C.]] (1933) Odonata. 1. Introduction, Coenagriidae 423 p
* Fraser, F.C. (1934) Odonata. 2. Agriidae, Gomphidae 398 p - 120 figs - 4 col. pl.
==Beetles==
* [[Herbert Edward Andrewes|Andrewes, H.]] (1929) [[Carabidae]] 1. Carabinae [ 431 p - 62 figs - 9 pl (1 col) ]
* Andrewes, H. (1935) Carabidae 2. Harpalinae [ 323 p - 51 figs - 5 pl ]
* [[Gilbert John Arrow|Arrow, G.]] (1925) Clavicornia : Erotylidae, Languriidae & Endomychidae [xv + 416 p - 76 figs - 1 col. pl. - 1 map]
* Arrow, G. (1910) Lamellicornia 1. Cetoniinae and Dynastinae [xiv + 322 p - 76 figs - 2 col. pl. ]
* Arrow, G. (1917) Lamellicornia 2. Rutelinae, Desmonycinae, Euchirinae [xiii + 387 p - 77 figs - 5 pl (1 col.)]
* Arrow, G. (1931) Lamellicornia 3. Coprinae [428 p - 61 figs - 13 pl (1 col.) - 1 map ]
* [[Charles Joseph Gahan|Gahan, C.]] (1906) Coleoptera. Cerambycidae 329 p -107 figs
* [[Malcolm Cameron (entomologist)|Cameron, M.]] (1930) [[Staphylinidae]]. 1. [471 p - 134 figs - 1 map - 3 col. plates]
* Cameron, M. (1934) [[Staphylinidae]]. 2. 257 p - 2 col. pl.
* Cameron, M. (1932) [[Staphylinidae]]. 3. 443 p - 4 col. pl.
* Cameron, M. (1939) [[Staphylinidae]]. 4.
* [[Martin Jacoby|Jacoby]] & al. (1908-1936) Chrysomelidae Volumes 1-4. 2062 p - 585 figs - 3 col. plates
* Jacoby, M. (1908) Chrysomelidae 1. Eudopes, Camptosmes, Cyclica 534 p - 172 figs - 2 pl
* Marshall, G. (1916) Rhynchophora, Curculionidae 367 p - 108 figs
* [[Samarendra Maulik|Maulik, S.]] (1926) Chrysoleminae and Halticinae 442 p - 139 figs - 1 map
* Maulik, S.(1936) Chrysomelidae Galerucinae 648 p - 144 fig - 1 map - 1 pl - hbk
* Maulik, S.(1919) Chrysomelidae Hispinae and Cassidinae xi + 439 p - 130 figs
* [[William Weekes Fowler|Fowler, W.]] (1912) Coleoptera. General introduction and Cicindelidae to Paussidae xx + 529 p - 240 figs
==Diptera==
* [[Philip James Barraud|Barraud, P.J.]] (1934) [[Diptera]] V.
* [[Enrico Adelelmo Brunetti|Brunetti, E.]] (1920) [[Diptera]] 1. [[Brachycera]] [401 p - 4 pl]
* Brunetti, E. (1912) [[Diptera]] 2. [[Nematocera]] [xxviii + 581 p - 12 pl]
* Brunetti, E. (1923) [[Diptera]] 3. [[Pipunculidae]], [[Syrphidae]], [[Conopidae]], [[Oestridae]] [424 p - 83 fig - 5 pl]
* [[Samuel Rickard Christophers|Christophers, S.R.]] (1933) [[Diptera]] Volume IV.
==Hymenoptera==
* Bingham, C.T. (1897) Hymenoptera. Vol. 1.Wasps and bees. xxix + 579 pp.
* Bingham, C. T. (1903) Hymenoptera, Vol. 2. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. 506 pp.
* [[Claude Morley|Morley, C.]] (1913) Hymenoptera Vol. 3. Ichneumones Deltoidei - reprint - 531 p - 152 fig - 1 pl
==Lepidoptera==
* Bingham, C. T. (1905) Butterflies Vol. 1.
* Bingham, C. T. (1907) Butterflies Vol. 2.
* [[George Talbot (entomologist)|Talbot, G.]] (1939) Butterflies. Vol. 1. Papilionidae, Pieridae xxix + 600 p - 184 figs - 1 folding map - 3 col. pl.
* Talbot, G. (1947) Butterflies. Vol. 2. Danaidae to Acraeidae xv + 506 p - 104 figs - 2 col. pl.
* [[George Francis Hampson|Hampson]] & al (1892-1937) Moths. Vols. 1-5 cxix + 2813 p - 1295 figs - 1 table - 15 pl (12 in col.)
** Hampson, G. (1892) Moths. 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig
** Hampson, G. (1894) Moths. 2. Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs
** Hampson, G. (1895) Moths. 3. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae - 1895 - 546 p - 226 figs
** Hampson, G. (1896) Moths. 4. 594 p - 287 figs
** Hampson, G. Moths. 5.
* Bell & Scott (1937) Moths. Vol. 5. Sphingidae. [537 p - 1 folding map - 15 pl]
==Reptilia and Amphibia==
* [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger, G. A.]] (1890) Reptilia and Batrachia
** [[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther, A.C.L.G.]] (1864) Reptiles of British India. (Not part of this series, but included here for completeness)
* [[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith, M.A.]] (1931-1943) Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 Volumes
** [[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith, M. A.]] (1931) Reptilia and amphibia 1: Loricata and testudines pp.101-103 Taylor and Francis, London
==Fishes==
* Day, Francis (1889)Fishes Vol I
* Day, Francis (1889)Fishes Vol II
==Birds==
* [[William Thomas Blanford|Blanford, W. T.]] (?) Birds. 1.
* Blanford, W. T. (?) Birds. 2.
* Blanford, W. T. (1895) Birds. 3. [450 p - 102 figs]
* Blanford, W. T. (1898) Birds. 4. [500 p - 127 figs]
* [[Eugene_William_Oates|Oates, E.]] (1890) Birds. 2. 407 p - 107 figs
* [[E. C. Stuart Baker|Baker, Stuart]] (1922) Birds. 1.
* Baker, Stuart (1924) Birds. 2. [2nd ed. 561p - 86 figs]
* Baker, Stuart (?) Birds. 3.
* Baker, Stuart (1927) Birds. 4. [2nd ed. 471 p - 71 fig]
* Baker, Stuart (1928) Birds. 5. [2nd ed. 469 p - 49 figs]
* Baker, Stuart (?) Birds. 6.
* Baker, Stuart (1930) Birds. 7. [2nd ed. 484 p]
==Mammals==
* [[Reginald Innes Pocock|Pocock, R.I.]] (1939) Mammalia, I. Primates and Carnivora, 2d edn. Taylor and Francis, London.
* [[Reginald Innes Pocock|Pocock, R.I.]] (1941) Mammalia, II. Taylor and Francis, London.
==Notes==
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==External links==
The following are links to online versions of the Fauna of British India
* http://www.herper.com/ebooks/library/herp/ Guenther's Amphibia volume
* http://www.strangeark.com/ebooks/IndiaHerps.pdf Guenther's Amphibia volume
* http://www.ub.ntnu.no/scorpion-files/pocock_fauna_india.php Pocock's Scorpion volume
* The [[Internet Archive]] project has the following volumes :-
** [http://www.archive.org/details/coleopteralamell02arroiala G. J. Arrow, Coleoptera, Lamellicornia Volume 2]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/faunaofbritishin015618mbp W. L. Distant, Rhynchota Volume 2]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/rhynchota05distiala W. L. Distant, Rhynchota Volume 5]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/faunaofbritishin015617mbp S. Maulik Coleoptera ?]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/TheFaunaOfBritishIndiaVol1 C. T. Bingham, Hymenoptera Volume 1]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/TheFaunaOfBritishIndiaHymenopteraVolII C. T. Bingham, Hymenoptera Volume 2]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/mothsbritind01hamprich G. F. Hampson, Moths Volume 1]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/mothsbritind02hamprich G. F. Hampson, Moths Volume 2]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/mothsbritind03hamprich G. F. Hampson, Moths Volume 3]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/mothsbritind04hamprich G. F. Hampson, Moths Volume 4]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/TheFunaOfBritishIndiaButterfliesVolI C. T. Bingham, Butterflies Volume 1]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/butterflies02bingiala C. T. Bingham, Butterflies Volume 2]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/reptiliabatrachi00bouliala G. A. Boulenger, Reptilia and Batrachia (1890)]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/birdsindia01oaterich E. W. Oates, Birds Volume 1]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/birds01bakeiala E. C. S. Baker, Birds Volume 1]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/birdsindia02oaterich E. W. Oates, Birds Volume 2]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/birdsindia03oaterich E. W. Oates, Birds Volume 3]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/birdsindia04oaterich E. W. Oates, Birds Volume 4]
** [http://www.archive.org/details/mammalia00blaniala W. T. Blanford, Mammalia]
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