278 BULLETIN 186, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Pericrocotus orevirostris aflinis [partim], de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Philadelphia, 1929, p. 551 (Chiang Saen). 

 Pericrocotus roseus roseus, de Schauensee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



1929, p. 551 (Doi Suthep, Chiang Rai).— Deignan, Journ. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. 



Suppl., 1931, p. 146 (Doi Suthep) ; 1936, p. 100 (Doi Suthep).— Riley, U. S. 



Nat. Mus. Bull. 172, 1938, p. 272 (Khun Tan, Doi Ang Ka, Doi Suthep). 



This lovely bird is an uncommon winter visitor, recorded so far only 

 from Chiang Mai and Chiang Kai Provinces but probably occurring 

 throughout our area. It has been found from the level of the plains 

 (numerous localities) to 4,000 feet (Doi Khun Tan), between Novem- 

 ber 21 (Doi Suthep) and March 4 (Doi Langka). 



All 1T13' specimens taken between January 11 and March 4 are molting 

 the feathers of head and throat. 



A male had the irides dark brown; the bill, feet, toes, and claws 

 black ; the soles yellow. 



The adult male has the general plumage pattern of the preceding 

 forms but has the crown, upper back, and scapulars ashy ( all but the 

 crown faintly suffused with pink) ; the red of the lower back, rump, 

 upper tail coverts, wings, and tail scarlet ; the throat pale gray, suf- 

 fused with pink; the remaining underparts scarlet-pink. The adult 

 female resembles others of the group but has the ashy of the back 

 changing imperceptibly to olive-yellow on the rump and upper tail 

 coverts, each feather margined with brighter yellow ; the throat gray, 

 faintly suffused with yellow ; the remaining underparts a washed-out 

 yellow, much mixed with white. The immature male differs from 

 the adult in having the rump patch ashy gray, the feathers suffused 

 and tipped with scarlet; the immature female in having the under- 

 parts a deeper and more uniform yellow. 



PERICROCOTUS ROSEUS CANTONENSIS Swinhoe 



Southern Gray Minivet 



Pericrocotus cantonensis Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, pp. 42-43 (Canton, China). 

 Campophaga neglecta, Gyldenstolpe, Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., 1913, 



p. 33 (Ban Huai Horn). 

 Pericrocotus cinereus cantonensis, Gyldenstolpe, Ibis, 1920, p. 570 (Ban Huai 



Horn). 



This migratory form seems to be a very rare winter visitor to the 

 northern provinces. The only specimens known from the area are 

 Gyldenstolpe's female taken at Ban Huai Horn, February 13, 1912; 

 a pair collected by me on Doi Suthep, 2,500 feet, October 17, 1936; 

 and an unsexed example at the Raffles Museum shot by a Thai collector 

 at Ko Klang (near Chiang Mai), March 26, 1937. 



My birds were two of a number of gray minivets accompanying 

 a flock of Pericrocotus peregrinits vividus through open mixed- 

 deciduous forest. 



