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confined to the inner web only ; lower back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts scarlet-vermilion ; two centre tail-feathera black, slightly 

 edged and spotted at the tip with vermilion, the rest vermilion, with 

 black bases, increasing in extent on the inner web towards the 

 middle of the tail ; bill and feet black. Total length T'O inches, 

 culnicn 0-5, wing 3-35, tail 3-85, tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, and having a black head ; the 

 back and least wing-coverts blackish, with dull crimson edgings to 

 the feathers ; greater coverts black, broadly tipped with vermilion ; 

 wings and tail otherwise as in the male ; forehead, eyebrow, sides 

 of face and entire under surface of body rosy vennilion ; thigh- 

 feathers blackish, with pale rosy tips. Total length 7-5 inches, cul- 

 men 0-5, wing 3-2, tail 3-8, tarsus 0-55. 



Obs. F. niiniattts is extremely close to P. hrevirostris, but may be 

 told by the rosy colour on the thighs near the tarsal joint, and by 

 the vermilion colour of the greater wing-coverts ; in F. hrevirostris 

 these are black with crimson tips. The females are quite different. 



Hah. Western Java. 

 a. S ad. St. Java. Purclinsed. 



b,c. S 2 ^^- ^^^- ^^- "^^^^^ ^' ^' Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



13. Pericrocotus roseus. 



Muscicapa rosea, Vieill. N. Bid. d'ffisf. Xat. xxi. p. 486. 

 Plioenicoruis affinis, iWClell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 157 (?). 

 Pericrocotus roseus, Grai/, Gen. £. i. p. 282 ; Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xv. 

 p. 310 ; id. Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 193 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 356 ; 

 Horsf.i^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. i. p. 141; Goidd, B. Asia, 

 part "ix. ; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 423 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 335 ; Hume, 

 Xests 8,-c. hid. B. p. 184 ; Sliarpe, Str. F. 1876, p. 210 ; Hume, 

 Sir. F. 1877, p. 184 ; id. Sf Davison, S. F. 1878, p. 212. 

 Phcenicornis roseus, Jerd. III. Ind. Orn. text to pi. xi. 

 Adult male. General colour above ashy brown, rather greyer on 

 the head, and inclining to pale rosy on the lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts, the latter with bright rose-coloured tips ; tail- 

 feathers pale vermilion, with black bases, extending gradually more 

 and more towards the centre of the tail, the two middle feathers 

 blackish, the next two blackish, with vermilion running along the 

 outer web ; wings blackish, the scapulars and wing-coverts greyish, 

 the greater coverts tipped with vermilion and merging in the bright 

 vermilion basal bands on the quills, which traverse the wing ob- 

 liquely, extending further up the primaries than on the secondaries, 

 the innermost of which have rose-coloured spots near the tips of 

 their outer webs ; a narrow frontal line, plumes round the eye, and 

 cheeks whitish ; under surface of body pale rosy, much deeper on 

 the under wing-coverts, the chin and centre of abdomen whitish ; 

 thighs dusky at base, white at tip ; " bill dusky ; legs brown ; iris 

 brown " {Jerdon). Total length 6*7 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-4, 

 tail 3-6, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. General colour above pale ashy brown, slightly in- 

 clining to olive on the lower back and rump ; wings and tail much 



