Mary Livingston Ripley (d. 1996), S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001), Salim Ali
In 1976 S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001), ornithologist and eighth Smithsonian Secretary made a trip to India to conduct research with Salim Ali for their Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan.
- Left to right in first row: An unidentified person, Salim Ali (1896-1987), Ripley's wife Mary Livingston Ripley (d. 1996), and Ripley sit on a hillside in India.
- Left to right in back row: An unidentified man holding binoculars, and Mr P.B. Shekar, one time collections specialist of the Bombay Natural History Society, and a regular camp member of Dr. Ripley's expeditions in India.
Mr. Ali is holding a broken fruit in his hand which he is offering to Mary Ripley. Mary Ripley was an amateur botanist and entomologist, and on their field trips she would collect insect and plant specimens for the National Museum of Natural History and the National Orchid Collection.
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