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The Birds of the Malay Peninsula is a major illustrated ornithological reference work conceived and started by Herbert Christopher Robinson. The full title is The Birds of the Malay Peninsula: a general account of the birds inhabiting the region from the isthmus of Kra to Singapore with the adjacent islands. It comprises five substantial (large octavo) hardbound volumes of text, with 125 plates (123 in colour) by Henrik Grönvold and 11 maps. It was published by H. F. and G. Witherby, London. The binding of the first four volumes was red buckram; the fifth was red cloth with a dust jacket.

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The Birds of the Malay Peninsula

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The Birds of the Malay Peninsula is a major illustrated ornithological reference work conceived and started by Herbert Christopher Robinson. The full title...

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Malay Game

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the first decades of the nineteenth century, when large birds of this type were widespread in northern India, in Indonesia and in the Malay Peninsula...

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History of the Malay language

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Malay was first used in the first millennia known as Old Malay, a part of the Austronesian language family. Over a period of two millennia, Malay has...

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Frederick Nutter Chasen

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reference work, The Birds of the Malay Peninsula. He managed to complete two volumes of this work before his death in 1929. Chasen took up the task of using Robertson's...

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Malayan laughingthrush

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The Malayan laughingthrush (Trochalopteron peninsulae) is a species of laughingthrush that was for some time included as a subspecies of the Trochalopteron...

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Ochraceous bulbul

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separate species in the genus Criniger. Found on central Malay Peninsula A. o. sacculatus - (Robinson, 1915): Found on southern Malay Peninsula A. o. sumatranus...

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Mangrove pitta

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of the Birds of the World. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-87334-10-5. OCLC 861071869. Strange, Morten (2000). Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast...

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Crested argus

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Crested arguses are large and spectacular peafowl-like birds in the genus Rheinardia of the pheasant family. Although traditionally treated as a single...

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The Malay Archipelago

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1854 to 1862, of the southern portion of the Malay Archipelago including Malaysia, Singapore, the islands of Indonesia, then known as the Dutch East Indies...

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Bamboo woodpecker

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The bamboo woodpecker, or Gecinulus viridis, is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Malaysia. Its natural...

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Giant pitta

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The giant pitta (Hydrornis caeruleus) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. The giant pitta is native to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and...

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Mountain fulvetta

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eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Robson, Craig Birds of Thailand. 2002...

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Malay Singaporeans

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Malay Singaporeans (Malay: Orang Melayu Singapura) are Singaporeans with general ancestry from the Malay world. They constitute approximately 13.5% of...

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Crestless fireback

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densities of six birds per square kilometre. Besides this, some birds live in protected areas of forest. The International Union for Conservation of Nature...

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