Box MS-033 Box 2

Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling birds of prey

Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling crows, fantails, and bulbuls, starlings, sparrows, warblers, dippers, flycatchers, and finches.

Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling Herons and Ibises

Various cut-out drawings of parrots on tracing paper, likely in preparation for Parrots of the World

Various cut-out drawings of unnamed birds prepared for the Book of Indian Birds publication

Layout planning and framing for bird illustrations by Carl D'Silva

Copies of final draft of bird plates sent for publication

Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling owls

Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds pinned together by Carl D'Silva and those similar in features and posture.

11 oil pastel drawings inlcuding paintings of blue jay, golden oriole, tiger, barbet, a few still life captures and more.

1 grainy black drawing paper illustrating a speeding Ford 30 ahead of other cars.

Sheets with list of birds, designing logo for hornbill, mammals, layouts for chart on bird ringing and movement of waterfowl in India, scribbles from Sailana and more

Folder contains a sketchbook with landscape drawings, typography, character drawings, sketches of birds, acquatic animals, and cars (Mercury Cougar and Dodge Charger)

8 sheets with charcoal sketched of birds such as Black-headed ibis, cranes, owls, and others. Also includes sketches exploring reflection.

Pen sketches of birds spotted in Hyderabad includes Black Stork, Pied Hornbill, White-Throated Laughingthrush, Great Hornbill, and mammals resembling a deer and a horse.

Pen sketches with notes on great grey shrike, black-winged stilt, female bustard, short-toed eagle and more

5 sheets of brush pen and ink sketches studying the behavior of the Great Indian Bustard in a threatening and preening pose

Study of birds in Ahmedabad, includes Pond Heron, Pied Hornbill, and a fox spotted at Sundervan and CEE.

Himalaya Sketchbook, 1992, Contains landscape drawings and observational drawings of birds spotted at BNHS and a landscape drawing of Corbett National Park

Sketchbook - Bird study and Doodles, Consists of rough pencil and pen sketches of birds, noticeably the Great Blue Heron. Also includes pencil doodles and outlines of animals in motion.

Unfinished sketches studying the wing of a Pied Kingfisher and Hoopoe, and White-Breasted Kingfisher; neck and eyes of an owl, posture of a shrike and a unidentifiable mammal.

One positive, a postcard, and a receipt for stylised signatures of Salim Ali by Carl D'Silva

Folder Contains letterhead designed by Carl D'Silva for Ornithologist SA Hussain

Folder Contains logo designed by Carl D'Silva for himself and pamphlets for the D'Silva Fine Art studio including advertising for collectibles called 'twitters'

Logo drafts by Carl D'Silva for Conservation Action Group

Folder contains visiting cards for Carl D'Silva's studios.

Folder contains notebook with notes and sketches of bird sightings in and around the Gir National Park in Gujarat. Some birds sketched include Lesser Flamingoes and Red-Headed Falcon. There is also a mention of spotting a maned lion.

A list of waterbirds and landbirds specimens borrowed by Carl D'Silva for an unknown project.

Contains notebook with notes from visit to Zuari Agro Chemicals Estate in Ahmedabad in 1989 along with various bird sightings, quick sketches and observations in Carambolim in 1991. Contains addresses and contacts.

Notebook contains bird sightings at Thekkady, sketch of a few birds including Kerala Laughing Thrush and a Yellow Cheeked-Tit spotted near the filming site of 'Electric Moon', a few quick sketches of landscape, boulders, and a tour bus titled 'Machan'. Also includes planning for a river bed on route to Delakhari in Madhya Pradesh.