<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><OAI-PMH xmlns="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/OAI-PMH.xsd"><responseDate>2026-04-07T07:49:36Z</responseDate><request identifier="oai:archives.ncbs.res.in:/repositories/2/archival_objects/20263" metadataPrefix="oai_dc" verb="GetRecord">https://cat-oai.milli.link</request><GetRecord><record><header><identifier>oai:archives.ncbs.res.in:/repositories/2/archival_objects/20263</identifier><datestamp>2026-02-11T15:35:50Z</datestamp></header><metadata><oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:publisher xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Archives at NCBS</dc:publisher><dc:publisher xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Tata Institute of Fundamental Research</dc:publisher><dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">MS-046-2.MS-046-2-1.MS-046-2-1-1-11</dc:identifier><dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://cat.milli.link/repositories/2/archival_objects/20263</dc:identifier><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Srinivasan, Venkat</dc:creator><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ara, Jamal</dc:creator><dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Birds of Bihar -- Book proposal, outline and main lines of study of field ornithology, Undated</dc:title><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Undated</dc:date><dc:format xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">1.5 Linear Feet</dc:format><dc:format xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Notebook</dc:format><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">eng</dc:language><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Latn</dc:language><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">urd</dc:language><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Aran</dc:language><dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Archival papers relating to the life and work of the ornithologist, Jamal Ara, including correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, field diaries, notebooks, drafts of articles and final copies. Material ranging from 1940s to 1980s, almost all in the form of paper. Some material in Urdu. 

The collection is divided into six series. For details of sub-series in each, please see Collection Organization or the container list. Of particular interest is Series 2 (Notes and drafts), which includes Jamal Ara's original drafts of articles, and various unpublished notes from her fieldwork and research.

Series 1: Correspondence; 

Series 2: Notes and drafts; 

Series 3: Published articles by Jamal Ara; 

Series 4: Rare printed reference material - ornithology; 

Series 5: Ephemera</dc:description><dc:rights xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Access Level: Open/Online.</dc:rights><dc:rights xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. Permission for reproduction or distribution must be obtained in writing from the Archives at NCBS (archives@ncbs.res.in). The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use.</dc:rights><dc:relation xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Jamal Ara Collection, MS-046</dc:relation></oai_dc:dc></metadata></record></GetRecord></OAI-PMH>