James A. Murray

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Title page of Murray's 1887 publication "The Avifauna of British India and its dependencies"

James Alexander Murray (before 1880 - after 1890) was a naturalist . He was a member of the Bombay Natural History Society and the Anthropological Society of Bombay .

Publications

  • "A Handbook to the Geology, Botany, and Zoology of Sind" (1880)
  • "The Plants and Drugs of Sind: being a systematic account, with descriptions, of the indigenous flora" (1881)
  • "The Vertebrate Zoology of Sind: a systematic account, with descriptions of all the known species of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles inhabiting the province" (1884)
  • "The Zoology of Beloochistan and Southern Afghanistan" , 1887
  • "The Avifauna of British India and its dependencies" , 1887
  • "Indian Birds or the Avifauna of British India" , Volume 1 & 2, Trubner & Co., London (1888)
  • "The Edible and Game Birds of British India with its Dependencies and Ceylon" , Trubner, London (1889)
  • "The Avifauna of the Island of Ceylon" , Educational Society Press, Bombay (1890)

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personal data
SURNAME Murray, James A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murray, James Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Naturalist
DATE OF BIRTH before 1880
DATE OF DEATH 19th century or 20th century