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This Family is composed of about a 

 dozen genera, including over 175 

 species, all natives of the old World. 

 The Yangtse Valley has fo-^r species. 



THE GRAY MINIVET. 



PERICROCOTUS CINEREUS, 

 LA TRESU. 



Descrivtion. — Length seven an done 

 half inches. Bill and tarsus black. 

 Iris brov?n. 



ji^Xale. — Ashy brown above. Below 

 dull white, tinged green on breast and 

 flanks. Crown and nape black. Fore- 

 head white, a black band through the 

 eye to the nape. Wings dark gray 

 with an indistinct white bar across 

 the center. Four central tail quills 

 black, outer ones black at the base and 

 white toward the tip. 



Female. — Similar to male but has a 

 narrower white forehead, gray crown 

 and nape, and more white on the 

 wings. 



Young birds similar to the female, 

 but with a yellow tinge to the plumage. 

 Distribution. — All China and the 

 Philippines. Passes the Yangtse 

 Valley on migration, but is not very 

 common. 



SWINHOE'S MINIVET. 



PERICROCOTUS CANTONENSIS, 

 SV7INH0E. 



Description.— heugth seven and 

 one half inches. Bill and tarsus 

 black. Iris brown. 



Male. — Forehead gray. Lores black. 

 Top of head, back, and wing coverts, 

 dark ashy brown, rump and upper tail 

 coverts paler. Wings dark brown, 

 white tips to the greater coverts, and 



