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The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck
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The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck Paperback - 1993

by Rory Nugent

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Over 50 years after the pink-headed duck was last seen in the wild, Nugent set off for India in search of this rarest of birds. In the tradition of the best travel narratives, he recounts his experiences in such places as Calcutta, Sikkim's Valley of Bliss, Darjeeling, and the Indian wilderness.

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  • Title The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck
  • Author Rory Nugent
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Second Edition
  • Pages 222
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books, Boston
  • Publication date June 1993
  • ISBN 9780395669945 / 0395669944
  • Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.11 x 5.47 x 0.69 in (20.60 x 13.89 x 1.75 cm)
  • Category Travel - General
  • Dewey Decimal Code 915.4

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Mariner Books, 1996. Softcover. Very Good. 88x12x132. The pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) is a large diving duck that was once found in parts of the Gangetic plains of India, parts of Maharashtra, Bangladesh and in the riverine swamps of Myanmar but feared extinct since the 1950s. Numerous searches have failed to provide any proof of continued existence. It has been suggested that it may exist in the inaccessible swamp regions of northern Myanmar and some sight reports from that region have led to its status being declared as "Critically Endangered" rather than extinct. Of all the hardships a traveler might face--war, plague, earthquakes, bad potato salad--few are as daunting as dealing with the Indian civil service. So we learn from Rory Nugent, a journalist and sailor who got it in his head some years ago that he had to catch a glimpse of Rhodonessa caryophyllacea, the Himalayan pink-headed duck last seen in 1935. Having finally made his way through the Calcutta bureaucracy… Read more
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