70 CAMPOPHAGIDJE. 



8. PERICROCOTUS. 



Type. 



Pericrocotus, F. Bote, Isis, 1826, p. 5*72 P. miniatus. 



Phcenicornis, //. Bote, Isi's, 1827, p. 725 P. peregrinus. 



Acis, Lesso/i, Traite d'Oni. p. 388 (1831) P. miuiatus. 



Cf. Hume, Stray Feathers, v. p. 171. 



Lfg of Pericrocotus speciosus. 

 Range. India and Ceylon, ranging through the Burmese countries 

 to China and Formosa, as far north as Amoorland, extending south- 

 wards through the Malayan peninsula to Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and 

 the Philippine archipelago. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Tail-feathers tipped with red or yellow. 



a. Sides of face and throat hlack, Uke the head. 

 a". Inner secondaries with red spots near the 

 tip of the outer weh, in addition to the 

 basal bar. 

 a'". Breast and wing-markings fiery ver- 

 milion. 

 «^. Two first primaries without any red 

 mark on the outer web. 

 o\ Central tail-feathers as a rule black, speciosus, p. 71. 

 6'. Central tail-feathers almost inva- 

 riably with more or less of the 



outer webs red elegans, p. 73. 



5*. Three first primaries without any red 

 mark on the outer web. 

 c'. Very rarely a portion of outer webs 



of the central tail-feathers red. . . . andamanensis, p. 73, 

 (f . Outer webs of the central tail-fea- 

 thers always red Jlammifer, p. 74. 



c*. Four first primaries without any red 



mark ou the outer web xanthogaster, p. 74. 



b'". Breast and wing-markings orange-red. 

 d^. Larger : wing 3-5 inches ; thighs 



blackish Jlaimiwus, p. 75. 



e*. Smaller: wing 3-3 inches; thighs 

 orange-j-ellow, the extreme bases to 



these feathers blackish exsul, p. 76. 



h". Inner secondaries wholly black at the 



tips, with no red spots near the end of 



the outer web. 



c"'. Size small: upper surface ashy grey; 



lower abdomen and under tail-coverts 



white, tinged with yellow jieregrhms, p. 76. 



d'". Size larger : upper surface glossy black ; 

 lower abdomen and under tail-coverts red. 



