A Malay-English dictionary,

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[B. kelichap: a generic name given to small birds
suggesting the humming-birds of America in their
general appearance. Also b. perinchit. B. kelichap
jantong or b. inggerek: the smallest of these
(unidentified).]
[B. kendi: a generic name given to the numenii, i.e., to
the curlew, numenius arquata, and to the whimbrel,
n. phaopus.]
B. kesumba: a generic name given to trogons, harpactes.
[B. kudong ketampi: the Malay fish-owl, ketupajavanensis.
Also b. to'ketampi.]
[B. kunyet: the black-headed bulbul; microtps inelanocephalus.]
[B. kunyet-kunyet: the black-naped oriole; oriolus indicus.]
[B. kuwang: v. b. kuwau.]
[B. kuwang-kuwit: the cuckoo-shrike; lalage terat.]
B. kuwau: (Riau, Johor) a pheasant, especially an Argus
pheasant, argusianus argus; [= (Kedah) b. kuwang
raya.]
B. kuwau cheremin: (Selangor) a peacock-pheasant,
polyplectrumt bicalcaratum; [= (Dindings) kuwang
ranting, or kuwang ranggas, and (Kedah) merak pongsu.j
B. lang: a generic name for hawks, kites, and eagles.
[B. lang belalang: microhierax latifrons and m. fringillarius. L. bubun: spizatus cirrhatus. L. burit: pernis
tweeddalii. L. hindek: nisadtus limnaetus. L. ling or
1. lin: a variant of b. lilin, q. v. L. malam:
machceramphus alcinus? L. merah: the Brahminy
kite; haliastur indus. L. rajawali: a generic name
given (Singapore) to small hawks, e.g., tinnunculus
alaudarius and accipiter virgatus; cf. b. sewah bellalag.
L. rimba: spizaetus horsfieldi? L. siput: the large
sea-eagle, haliaetus leucogaster. L. tembikar: haliastur
sp.]
B. layang-layang: a generic name for swallows and swifts.
[B. lilin: the small pied hornbill, anthracoceros albirostris.
Also b. merlilin and b. lang lig.]
B. meragi: the painted snipe, rostratula capensis.
[B. merah mata: = ayam pegar, q. v.]
B. merak: the Malayan peacock, pavo muticus. [B. merak
pongsu: the peacock-pheasant; - b. kuwau cheremin,
q. v.]
[B. mzerebah: the yellow-vented bulbul; pyconootus analis.]
B. merebok: the Malay turtle-dove; turtur tigrinus.
[B. merlilin: = b. ilhin, q. v.]
B. murai: the magpie-robin, copsychus saularis. [B. murai
batu: the shama; cittocincla macrura. B. murai gajah:
the Malayan fairy blue-bird, irena cyanea.] B. murai
gila: a name given to fantail fly-catchers; rhipadura
javanica, r. albicollis, and r. perlata.
[B. pekakak: a generic name for king-fishers, especially
(Dindings) the Malacca stork-bill kingfisher, pelar

gopsis malaccensis; the black-capped kingfisher, halcyon
pileatus; and the white-collared kingfisher, halcyon
cloris.] Also raja udang, q. v.
[B. pekakak hutan, or b. pekakak rimba: a generic name
for barbets.]
[B. pelatok: a variant of b. bglatok, q. v.]

B. pergam: the imperial pigeons; carpophaga enea and
c. badia.
[B. perinchit: a variant of b. kelichap, q. v.]
B. perling: the tree-starling, calornis chalybeius. [Also
chemperling. B. perling kampong and b. perling tanah:
names representing varieties of coloration in the treestarling but not different species.]
B. pikau: the blue-breasted quail; excalfactoria chinensis.
B. puchong: a generic name given to bitterns, e.g., dupetor
flavicollis, ardetta cinnatmomea, and ardetta sinensis;
also to the purple heron, ardea manillensis. [The
name is most commonly given (Dindings) to the little
green bittern, butorides javanica.]
B. punai: the common green pigeon, osmotreron vernans.
B. punai gading, or b. punai jambLu: a pink-headed green
pigeon having an ivory-white breast with a pink
stain; ptilopus jaibu.
B. punai siyul: the small green pigeon; osmotreron olax.
B. punai tanah: the bronze wing dove; chalcophaps indica.
[B. punggok: the brown hawk-owl; ninox scutulata.]
B. puyoh: the bustard-quail; turnix pugnax.
B. raja hudang: a generic name given (Riau, Johor) to
kingfishers, [and elsewhere to large sandpipers,e.g.,
to the redshank, totanus calidris. Cf. p. tkakak.]
[B. rajawali: a name given in literature to the eagle of
romance, and in common talk to small hawks, e.g.,
lang rajawali. See s. v. lang.]
[B. rakit: a name given (Dindings) to the broadbills; v.
b. hujan.]
B. rawa: the pied fruit-pigeon, myristicivora bicolor.
[B. segan: the Malay night-jar, caprimulgus macrlrus.]
B. selanting: the long-billed partridge; rhizothera longirostris.
B. sgrindit: the love-bird, loriculus galgulus.
[B. sewah: a name given to some hawks. B. sewah belalang:
accipiter virgatus. B. lang sewah: a name sometimes
given to the large kite pernis tweeddalii. B. sewah
tekukor: the Indian koel; eudynamis honorata.]
B. siyul: the crested wood-quail; rollulus roulroul. [Also
(Dindings) b. chichit.]
[B. tadah hujan: see b. hujan.]
B. tebang rumah mentuwa: the hornbill rhinoplax vigil.
B. tekukor: the little Malay ground-dove; geopelia striata.
B. tempuawa: the weaver-bird, ploceus megarhynchus.
[B. tetirok: (Kedah) the snipe; = b. bgrkek, q. v.]
B. tiyong: the mynah, gracula javanensis [and gracula
intermedia.]
[B. tiyong batu: the Eastern broad-billed roller; euryst

omus orientalis.]
[B. to'ketampi: = b. kudong ketampi, q. v.]
B. tukang: a name sometimes given to hornbills.
B. undan: the Malay pelican; pelecanus philippensis.

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