82 CAJirOPHAGlDJJ. 



as in the male, but yellow where the latter is vermilion, the 

 inner secondaries light brown with broad whitish edgings ; a 

 narrow frontal line running above the eye white ; lores ashy 

 brown ; rest of the sides of the face whitish, inclining to ashy 

 brown on the upper margin of the ear-coverts ; rest of under surface 

 bufly white, inclining to yellowish buff on the breast, deeper on the 

 flanks and under wing-coverts. Total length 7-5 inches, wing 3-5, 

 tail 3"5, tarsus 0-35. 



Uah. Himalaya moimtains ; Burmese countries. 



a. S ad. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



h. $ ad. sk. Behar. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 



d, e. 2 ad. sk. Tenasserim. J. C. D. Packman, Esq. [P. j. 

 f. (S ad sk. Tenasserim. J. C. D. Packman, Esq. [C.]. 

 >. c? ad. sk, Pegu. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



14. Pericrocotus Solaris. 



Pericrocotus solans, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 310; id. Cat. B. Mus. 

 A. S. B. p. 193; Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 13; Gotdd, B. Asia, 

 part i. ; Bp. Comp. i. p. 356 ; Horsf. 4'- Moore, Cat. B. Mm. E.I. 

 Co. i. p. 393 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 422 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 335 ; 

 Sharpe, Str. F. 1876, p. 210; Hume, Sir. F. 1877, p. 186; id. Sf 

 Davison, S. F. 1878, p. 212. 



Adult male. General colour above leaden black, the lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts scarlet ; cheeks and sides of face ashy 

 grey ; the chin light grey, the rest of the throat orange ; remainder 

 of the under surface orange-scarlet, the thigh-feathers greyish black ; 

 under wing-coverts orange, rather inclining io scarlet near the edge 

 of the wing ; wing-covcrts above blackish, with a small spot of orange 

 near the tip of the outer primary-coverts ; the greater series black, 

 tipped with scarlet and merging in the vermilion band which traverses 

 the bases of the quills, running for some distance up the outer web of 

 the primaries, the first three of which have no orange on the outer 

 web ; centre tail-feathers black, edged with vermilion near the tip 

 of the outer web, the rest vermilion with black bases, increasing 

 gradually on the inner web towards the centre of the tail ; bill 

 black; legs brownish black; iris brown. Total length 7 inches, 

 culmen 0-55, wing 3-4, tail 4-1, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. Dark grey above, the lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts greenish yellow ; wing-covcrts blackish, with greenish- 

 yellow margins, the greater series with narrow tips of yellow : quills 

 as in the male, but the basal band yellow instead of vermilion, the 

 primaries also edged with whitish towards the tip ; tail as in the 

 male, but yellow instead of vermilion ; sides of face Light grey ; 

 throat greyish white, shading into yeUow on the breast, all the rest 

 of the under surface being bright yellow ; thighs brown externally, 

 yellow internally. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 3'3o, 

 tail 4, tarsus 0-55. 



Hah. Sikhim and Nepal, Khasia hills, hills of Tenasserim. 



