78 CASH'OPHAGIDiE. 



b. P. malabarims. 



0. Var. sk. S. India. Major Elliot [P.]. 



p. (S ad. tit. Madras. Rev. H. H. Baber [P.l. 



q, r. c? ad. sk. Madras Eev. H. II. Baber [P.]. 



s-v. c? ad. sk. Kamptee, C. P. Dr. B. Ilinde [P.]. 



w,.r. (S ad. sk. Ceylon. E. L. Layard, Esq. [C.]. 



9. Pericrocotus igneus. 



Pericrocotus igneus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 309; id. Cat. B. Mus. 



A. S. B. p. 193 ; Bjy. Cum}}, i. p. 350; Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 



1867, p. 109; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 335; Stvinh. I\ Z. S. 1871, 



p. 379 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 144 ; Sharpe, Str. F. 1876, p. 209 ; 



td. Tr. Linn. Soc. new ser. i. p. 324; Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 190; 



id. <.y Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 211. 

 Pericrocotus minutus, Stricld. Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 94, pi. 31. 

 Pericrocotus flagrans, Bp. Comp. i. p. 357 {ex Boie, MS.) ; Graij, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 335. 



Adult male. Glossy blue-black, including the entire head and 

 throat ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts fieiy vermilion ; 

 two centre tail-feathers black, the next pair black, excepting an 

 orange-red mark at the tip extending further up the outer web ; all 

 the other tail-feathers orange-red excepting the base of the inner 

 web, which extends further and further on the feathers as they 

 approach the centre of the tail ; wings blue-black like the back, the 

 greater series tipped with vermilion, and becoming merged in the 

 broad vermilion subbasal band which traverses the wing, becoming 

 less on the third primary, and disappearing on the iirst and second ; 

 under surface of body rich vennilion, the under wing-coverts yellow, 

 with here and there a slight wash of vermilion ; thighs blackish ; 

 bill and feet black. Total length 6 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3, 

 tail 3, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. General colour above dull ashy grey, the lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts fine vermilion ; four median tail- 

 feathers black, the remainder vermilion with black bases, gradually 

 increasing in extent towards the inner ones ; quills black, with a 

 broad bar of orange near the base of the quills, extending along the 

 outer web of some of the inner primaries ; ear-coverts grey ; lores, 

 feathers round the eye, cheeks, and under surface of body bright 

 yellow, inclining to orange on the flanks and under tail-coverts ; 

 thighs blackish ; under wing-coverts and edge of wing yellow. 

 Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-75, tail 2-75, tarsus 0-6. 



Hab. South of the Tenasserim j)rovinces and Malacca, ranging 

 northwards into Western China ; Borneo ; Palawan. 



a. S ad. sk. Singapore. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.]. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Malacca. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



c. c? ad. sk. Kessang, Malacca. M. Bouvier. 

 d,e. 5 ad. st. Borneo. Hugh Low, Esq. [0. 

 f,y. c? ad. sk. N.W. Borneo. Hugh Low, Esq. [C. 

 h. $ ad., i. juv. sk. N.W. Borneo. Hugh Low, Esq. [C.J. 

 k. c? ad. sk. Kuching, Sarawak. Henry Everett, Esq. [C] 

 /. c? ad-. >»■ juv. sk. Palawan. Prof. J. B. Steere [C.J 





