Madame.—"... accounts of many birds written in the author's inimitable style."
Outlook.—"... as charming a volume—avowedly ornithological— as it has been our good fortune to encounter."
Sunday Times.—"Mr. Dewar, like Goldsmith, has a delightful style."
Pall Mall Gazette.—"Mr. Dewar's volume is one of the best recent examples of sound information conveyed in attractive literary form."
Literary World.—"Upon every page ... there is a merit to justify the existence of the page."
Dundee Advertiser.—"... just as good reading as ... 'Bombay Ducks,' and to say so much is to bestow high praise."
Birmingham Post.—"There is a gladness in his aspect, a pleasing inquisitiveness concerning bird mystery, and a simple, candid style of self-revelation in his essays full of fascination, with touches now and again that remind one of the descriptive qualities of Francis A. Knight. The wood-joy that inspired the felicitous phrases and delightful reflections of John Burroughs in the Western Hemisphere finds its counterpart in these Indian bird-pictures."
Indian Field.—"... not a volume that will grow dusty and uncared for on a neglected shelf."
Times of India.—"The book has a charm all its own, and is written with rare humour, a humour that in no way detracts from its scientific utility."
Englishman.—"One of the most interesting books on bird-life we have seen."