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

Abstract

THE present work is one of five volumes, in which Mr. Robinson proposes to deal with the birds of the Malaysian region. In the volume under review he describes what he calls “The Commoner Birds,” whilst the succeeding volumes will contain respectively: Vol. 2, the birds of the hill stations; Vol. 3, sporting birds, birds of the shore and estuaries; Vol. 4, the birds of the low-country jungle and scrub; Vol. 5, open-country and rice-field birds, migratory birds, and species not included in the above volumes, ‘keys’ to all the forms from the Peninsula, and a general index to all the volumes.

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.

By Herbert C. Robinson. (Issued by Authority of the Federated Malay States Government.) Vol. 1: The Commoner Birds. Pp. 1 + 329 + 25 plates. (London: H. F. and G. Witherby, 1927.)