422 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



To this group belong several other closely allied species, viz. 

 P. igneus, l^lyih (minutus, Strickland), from Malacca; P. xanthomas' 

 ter, Kaffles, from Sumatra ; and P. miniata, T., from Java ; per- 

 haps, also, P. elegans, McLelland, from Assam and Upper Burmah. 



The next species belongs to another section having the plumage 

 above more ashy than black. • 



274. Fericrocotus Solaris, Blyth. 



J. A. S., XV.— Blyth, Cat. 1162— P. affinis, McLelland (the 

 female) — Gould, Birds of Asia, pi. 



The Yellow-throated Minivet. 



Descr. — Male, fuliginous-ashy above, verging to black on the 

 wings, and quite black on the tail ; rump, wing-spot, greater por- 

 tion of three outer tail-feathers, and the under parts, bright reddish 

 flame-color ; throat orange-yellow ; ear-coverts pale grey. 



Female, — Head, dark ashy-black, tinged olive-green beneath, 

 wingspots, rump, and lateral tail-feathers, pale yellow ; throat white. 



Bill black ; irides brown: legs brown-black. 



Length 7^ inches ; wing 3| ; tail nearly 4 ; extent 10 ; bill at 

 front not 3 ; tarsus 4 ; bill short and broad. 



This well marked and pretty species has only as yet been 

 found on the South-east Himalayas, as in Sikhim. I procured it at 

 Darjeeling, and found it at heights varying from 2,000 to 5,000 ft. 

 In its habits it resembles the others. 



275. Fericrocotus roseus, Vieillot. 



Muscicapa apud Vieillot — Blyth, Cat. 1163 — Horsf., Cat. 

 182 — Jerdon, Cat. 64 (in part), and 2nd Suppl., Cat. 65, bis. — P. 

 sordidus, Hodgson. 



The Rosy Minivet. 

 Descr. — Male — Head and neck ashy-grey ; back reddish-cinere- 

 ous, tinged with rosy on the rump ; wings and tail dusky, the former 

 with a rosy-scarlet wing-spot ; the pair of feathers next the central 

 tail-feathers edged rosy, and all the laterals rosy, with a dusky 

 base ; beneath, the chin whitish, tinged rosy ; the rest of the under 

 parts rosy-red, mixed with Avhite, and deepest on the flanks. 



