J. A. Murray (naturalist)

J. A. Murray (naturalist)

James A. Murray was a zoologist and museum curator in Karachi.

He was a Member of the Natural History and Anthropological Societies of Bombay, a manager at the Victoria Natural History Institute and curator at the Kurrachee Municipal Library and Museum.

Publications

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

External links

* [http://www.archive.org/details/avifaunaofbritis01murrrich The avifauna of British India and its dependencies. Volume 1]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/avifaunaofbritis02murrrich The avifauna of British India and its dependencies. Volume 2]


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