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PegUj Assaui, Port Blair ; also the Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, 

 Bengal, Rajputana, Kutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore, North Guzerat, and 

 Tranvancore, In Sind it is uncommon. 



Gen. Pericrocotus. — Bote. 



Bill short, rather broad at base and high ; culmon slightly curved ; 

 wings long, 4th and 5th quills longest y tail long, lateral feathers gradu- 

 ated ; tarsi and feet short and feeble. 



Pericrocotus peregrinus, Linn. 8. N. i. p. 342; Gray, Oen. 

 Birds, i. p. 282 ; Bp. Consp. B. i, p. 356 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 423, 

 No. 276; Eume, 8tr. F. 1873, p. 177; 1874, p. 209; 1875, p. 90; 

 Sharpc, Str. F. 1876, p. 209.— The Small Minivet. 



Upper surface of body ashy grey ; a narrow frontal band, lores, 

 chin, throat and ear-coverts blackish ; wing-coverts black, the lesser 

 series edged with dull grey, and the greater with a narrow orange tip ; 

 quills dusky black, duller toward the tips ; the bases of the primaries, 

 except the first three, orange red, forming a conspicuous wing patch ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts bright vermillion; tail black, the outer four 

 feathers on each side widely tipped with orange ; the breast vermilliouj 

 also the upper abdomen, and flanks, fading on the lower abdomen, vent 

 and under tail-coverts to yellowish ; under wing-coverts and edge of 

 the wing yellow ; thigh-coverts dusky black ; bill and legs black ; 

 irides brown. 



Length. — 6 inches, wing 2*55, tail 3, bill at front 0'45. 



The female is light grey above, the throat white, also the eye streak ; 

 sides of forehead and lower parts whitish, tinged with yellow on the 

 breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts; the flanks andunder wing-coverts 

 brighter yellow ; quills light brown; the primai'ies with narrow white 

 edgings ; the wing spot yellow ; rump vermillion ; colour of bill and 

 legs as in the male; length, 6* 25, wing 2*75, bill 0*45, tail 3*1. 



Hah. — -India, Ceylon, Burmese countries, Andamans and Java, 

 Occurs in the N. W. Himalayas, South and Central India, Nepaul, the 

 Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Rajputana, Deccan, Kutch^ 

 Kattiawar, Jodhpore, and N. Guzerat. In Sind it is a winter visitant, 

 arriving in August and remaining till about the end of December. 



Pericrocotus brevirostris, Vigors. P. Z. 8. 1831, p. 43; Gray, 

 Gen. B i. p. 282 ; Bp. Gonsp. i. 357 ; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 421, No. 273 ; 

 Henders. and Hume, Lahore to Yarknnd,p. 184; 8harpe, 8tr. F. 1876, p. 

 209; Hume, 8tr. F. 1877, p. 187; Sharj^c, Gat. Passerif. B. M. p. 79; 

 Murray, Hdhh., Zool., ^x., Sind, p. 137. Pha3nicornis brevirostris, 

 Goidd. Cent. Him. B. pL 8. — The Shoet-billed Minivet. 



Head, nape, upper back, wings and middle tail feathers glossy blue- 

 black; the lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts deep crimson; 

 lateral tail feathers crimson, the bases black; wing-coverts glossy black ; 

 the greater coverts crimson, their bases black; wing spot crimson; chin, 

 throat, and sides of face blue-black, rest of under surface crimson; wing- 

 coverts crimson, the greater series ashy black. The female has the head 

 and back grey, the forehead tiuged with yellow, the lower back, rump 



