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narrow ring of whitish feathers ; sides of face white, extending onto 

 the sides of the neck so far as almost to form a half-collar ; ear- 

 coverta light grey on the upper margin ; throat white ; rest of under 

 surface light ashy hrown, whiter on the centre of the breast and 

 abdomen as well as the under tail-covorts ; under wing-coverts light 

 yellow as also the axillaries, some of the latter white, washed with 

 yellow ; quills dark brown below, with yellow bases to the feathers. 

 Total length ()-4 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-4, tail 3-65, tarsus 

 0-55. (Mus. H. Seebohm.) 



Adult male (Fungtoo, Szechuen, May 5, 1869 ; B. Swinhoe). 

 Similar to the female but darker grey, especially on the hinder 

 crown and ear-coverts ; tail-feathers tipped with white ; alar specu- 

 lum brown instead of yellow, the bases to the secondaries and the 

 markings across the primaries being brown, pale and indistinct. 

 Total length 6-2 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-45, tail 3*3, tarsus 0-6. 

 (Mus. H. Seebohm.) 



Hub. China. 



18. Pericrocotus erythropygius. 



PliCBuicornia erythropygia, Jerd. ML hid. Orn. text to pi. xi. 



Pericrocotus erythropygius, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 282 ; Blyth, J. A. S. 

 B. XV. p. 310; Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1848, p. 23, pi. 3; Bli/th, Cat. 

 B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 193; Bp. Consp. i. p. 356; Gotdd. B. Asia, 

 part i. ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 424 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 335 ; Adam, 

 Sir. F. 1876, p. 375 ; Sharpe, Str. F. 1870, p. 211 ; Hume, Sir. F. 

 1877, p. 177. 



Adult male. Above glossy blue-black, the rump deep orange ; 

 upper tail-coverts black ; four centre tail-feathers black, the rest 

 black at base, white at tip, this increasing gradually towards the 

 outer feathers and occupying half of the latter ; wing coverts glossy 

 black, the greater series pure white ; quills black, browner at tip, 

 the primaries externally edged with whity brown, the inner secon- 

 daries externally edged with white, increasing on some more than 

 others, one of them white except for a black shaft-line, these white 

 plumes forming with the greater coverts a longitudinal bar down 

 the wing ; sides of face and throat black, not so glossy as the head ; 

 breast pale rosy vermilion, the rest of the under surface pure white ; 

 thighs black ; under wing-coverts white, the greater ones with black 

 bases ; bill and legs black ; iris brownish j'cllow. Total length 6 

 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-6.5, tail 3-2, tarsus 0-5. 



Adult female. The parts that are black in the male are smoky 

 ash-colour (except the tail, which is deep black) ; the forehead 

 whitish ; rump and under surface white, tinged with ashy on the 

 breast. (Jerdon.) 



Hab. The moderately dry, fairly cultivated plains of Northern 

 and Central India (Hume). 



a. (S ad. sk. India. Purchased. 



