Dear Blaise, 6 years back, I photocopied at least 6 copies of two old popular books on our butterflies and sent to people. Some of these people kept asking for the IDs even after that and some of them disappeared forever !!!
In any case, Evans is available at - http://ia311009.us.archive.org/1/items/TheIdentificationOfIndianButterflies/evansbutterflies.pdf As I said earlier, most of the good old literature is already available online. Kishen On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:37 AM, Blaise <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > Kishen, one scanned copy (pdf) of Evans 1932 edt for everyone to share will > take a lot of pressure off the 'experts'... > > Can't get hold of one... they have a few copies in BNHS library, but it's > not for taking out.... unless u r working there or got a good friend working > there.... :-) > > Just my thoughts.... offcourse with respect to all - experts n newbies > inclusive..... > > > Blaise > > > > > "Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel > and kiss the ground." - Rumi > > http://picasaweb.google.com/Blaisepereira > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* kalesh s <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, October 10, 2010 8:33 PM > *Subject:* Re: [ButterflyIndia] Asking experts - A suggestion > > > > well said! > cheers! > > Dr.Kalesh.S > Thiruvananthapuram > Phone: Mob:9447044498; Res: 0471-2444982 > EMAIL: [email protected] > My Blog: http://theskippersofkerala.blogspot.com/ > > --- On *Sun, 10/10/10, Kishen Das <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Kishen Das <[email protected]> > Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Asking experts - A suggestion > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 2:31 AM > > > > I think experts like Isaac and KK will be busy at times with their own > work. > Its not always good to expect a quick reply from them. > They will reply anyway, whenever they get time. > > When you photograph some interesting species, best thing to do, would be to > track down all the literature ( Most of it is available over net ) and write > an article about its occurrence, behavioral aspects and exact geographical > location. > Then present it to one of the experts and ask for their feedback. > So, it is necessary to do this background work before we contact the > experts. > Even then it is not mandatory that experts must process your request !!! > The person who is sending the photo, will get highly disappointed if > there is no response from the experts. > But on the other hand experts will be receiving hundreds of such requests > every week and they cannot process all of them. > Remember, they have to handle these requests apart from their own > professional and personal work. > > This holds good even to people who keep sending their photos for > identification, without even mentioning what they think the probable species > might be and what the confusion is. > Most of us want an easy way out, post it to the group and let experts work > on it. > Anyway if this is what you want, then its fine, but you will never be able > to indepedently work on your own or work towards butterfly conservation. > At the end of it, its our actions that matters the most, than these > wonderful photos of butterflies !!! > > Kishen > > > > -- Enjoy
