Box MS-033 Box 1

Informational booklet by Robert B Grubh, Salim Ali, Illustrations by Carl D'Silva, Potential Problem Birds at Indian Aerodomes, Bombay Natural History Society, sponsored by Aeronautics R&D Board Ministry of Defense, India, 1984.

Folder contains a copy of the Amar Chitra Katha fortnightly magazine for children, Tinkle (No. 73) which features illustrations by Carl D'Silva for a comic titled 'Cacti' by Vaijayanti Wagle.

Consists of articles by JS Serrao in the feature Nature notes, with illustration by D'Silva - such as 'The fearsome fungus'; 'The Banyan - Hospitable, yet hostile.'

Consists of media clippings of the column 'Bird-watching with Salim Ali', with references to Floricans, magpie-robins and the Brahminy Kite illustrated by D'Silva.

Consists of a series of articles by Sunjoy Monga in the feature series 'Pages from a Naturalist's Diary', touching on the dipper, the monal pheasant, butterfly life cycles, woodpeckers, vultures, bats, the cattle egret, the hangul, spiders, cockroaches, kingfishers, the Great Indian Hornbill, and owls with accompanying illustrations and photographs by D'Silva.

Contains 14 loose sheets with prints of illustrations that appeared in publications, mainly the Hornbill and the Journal of BNHS and a newspaper clipping from the Indian Post on the Centenary Supplement of the journal of BNHS, the cover designed by Carl D'Silva. Plates including painting of Common Emerald Dove, painting of Narcondam Hornbill

Watercolour painting of Lesser Florican habitat in Sailana, Madhya Pradesh

Consists of an advertisement for Indian Adventures Wild Life Resorts with an illustration by D'Silva.

Consists of an article on the dugong by Raju Kane in the Endangered Species feature, with a drawing of the dugong most likely by D'Silva.

Draft brochure (printed) for exhibition, draft brochure (handwritten) for exhibition, draft invitation for exhibition. Also includes biography and notes taken for the exhibition.

Poster for an exhibition by D' Silva at Gallery Gitanjali, Panjim

Article by Asad Rahmani on bustards with illustration of Bengal Floricans by Carl D'Silva.

Painting of a Common Emerald Dove and an Indian Black-hooded Oriole

Photograph of Carl D'Silva's painting of a heron.

3 Postcards with paintings of Black-Crested Bulbul, Black-hooded Oriole, and Small Blue Kingfisher illustrated by Carl D'Silva

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Various cut-out drawings on tracing paper prepared most likely for a project with the Centre for Environmental Education

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a Helm publication

Cut-outs of various unnamed birds resembling storks, herons, and cranes prepared for the publication 'Birds of East-Asia'

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a helm publication

Preparatory bird drawings and classification made by Carl D'Silva for most possibly a helm publication

Cut-outs of unnamed birds resembling ducks

Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds in flight

Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling hornbills

Cut-outs of unnamed birds resembling plovers, curlews, lapwings, and sandpiper.

Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling bee-eaters and kingfishers

Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling coucals

Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling Kestrels

Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling quails, grouse, peacocks and jungefowls

A4 prints of 140 galley prints of bird plates most possibly prepared for Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. Also included is a note that says '88 missing'.