8. PERICK0C0TU8. 83 



a. (S ad. St. Nepal B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P. 



b, c. cJ ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P. 

 d-h. 2 ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P. 



15. Pericrocotus griseigularis. 



Pencrocotus griseigularis, Goidd, P. Z, S. 18G2, p. 282 ; id. B. Asia, 

 part xvi. ; Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 263, et 1866, p. 399 ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 335 ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 379 ; Sharpe, Str. F. 1876, 

 p. 211. 



Adult nude. Above ashy black, with a slight gloss ; the forehead, 

 sides of the face, and sides of neck ashy grey ; lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coyerts fiery yermilion ; tail-feathers also vermilion, 

 with oblique black bases increasing in extent towards the centre of 

 the tail, the two median feathers of which are black, as also the next 

 two, but these have vermilion on the outer webs and at the tips ; 

 wings black, the greater series tipped Avith vermilion and merging 

 in the baud of the same colour which crosses the basal part of the 

 secondaries and extends for some distance up the outer web of the 

 inner primaries ; throat greyish white, with a slight yellowish tinge ; 

 rest of the under surface scarlet, inclining to yellow when the plumes 

 are disturbed ; thighs ashy black ; under wing-coverts orange washed 

 with vermilion, the inner ones blackish with orange tips. Total 

 length 6-7 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 3-2.5, tail 3-7, tarsus 0-6. 



Adidt female. Above grey, the sides of face and of the neck much 

 lighter, the lower back tinged with olive and shading ofl" into the 

 yellow of the lower back, rump, and upper (ail-coverts ; wings and 

 tail as in the male, but yellow where he is red ; throat white, 

 slightly washed yellowish ; rest of under surface bright yellow, 

 the thighs greyish. Total length 7*3 inches, wing 3-2, tail 3-4, 

 tarsus 0-6. 



Hah. Formosa. 

 a,h. c? 2 ad. sk. N. Formosa. R. Svrinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



16. Pericrocotus cinereus*. 



Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafresn. Rev. Zool. \{\i. p. 94; Bp. Cansp. i. 



p. 357 ; Sch?-e)ick, Bins. Atmti-l. p. 381 ; Radde, Beis. Sibir. ii. p. 



273 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. ix. ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 335, no. 5050 ; 



Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 378 ; id. Ibis, 1875, p. 116 ; Dybotcsk. 



J. f. 0. 1875, p. 249 : Tacz. Bidl. Zool. Soc. France, i. p. 165 ; 



Sharps, Str. F. 1876, p. 211 : Hume, Str. F. 1877, pp. 174, 175; 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 19; David ^- Oustal. Ois. C'Afwe, p. 137; 



Hume ^- Davison, S. F. 1878, p. 212. 

 Pericrocotus modestus, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1846, p. 102 ; Bp. C'oiisp. i. 



p. 357 (e.c Boie, 3IS. in Mu^s. Lugd.) ; Gray, Haiul-1. B. i. p. 335, 



no. 5053. 

 Ceblepyris luctuosus, De Filippi, Mus. Medial, p. 31 ; Salvad. Atti 



R. Accad. Torin. 1868, p. 271. 



* Pericrocotus immodestcs. 



Pericrocotus immodest us, Hume, Sfr. Feathers. 1877, p. 176. 

 Hah. Tenasserim. 

 A species brieflv described h\ Mr. Hume as being near P. cantonensis. 



