The View From the Castle: A feast for the senses beneath a semal tree, dawn host to some 65 species of Indian birds

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Summary

Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripey vividly describes a semal feeding tree in India, whose nectar from its colorful flowers feeds over 65 species of birds.

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Notes

Photograph included.

Contained within

Smithsonian Vol. 6, no. 3 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

June 1975

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Animals
  • Castle View
  • Birds
  • Plants
  • Botany
  • Ornithology

Place

India

Physical description

p. 6

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