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quite black, presenting the appearance of a narrow black fron- 
tal band. 
_ The Large Cuckoo-Shrike is more or less common throughout 
the district, and is said to be a resident at Ratnagiri and other 
localities. It is, however, somewhat uncommon in Sind, 
Genus, Pericrocotus, Bove. 
Bill shorter than the head, moderately broad at the base; 
rather high ; culmen slightly curved ; nostrils partially concealed 
by the frontal plumes; rictal bristles few and feeble; wings 
moderate, fourth and fifth quills sub-equal and longest ; tail long, 
with three outer feathers on each side graduated, and the four 
middle ones nearly equal; tarsi and feet short, rather feeble ; 
claws well curved. 
Pericrocotus speciosus, Lath, 
271.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 419. 
THE LARGE MINIVET. 
Length, 9; expanse, 12'5; wing, 4:25; tail, 4:25; tarsus, 09; 
bill at front, 0°5. 
Bill black ; irides deep-brown ; legs black. 
Male.—Head, whole neck, upper back, wings and two central 
tail-feathers, shiny blue-black; lower back broad band on the 
wing, formed by a large spot on all of the quills and some of the 
lower-coverts also, some spots on the secondaries, the lateral 
tail-feathers and beneath from the breast, rich vermilion-red. 
Female.—Head, neck, upper back, and central tail-feathers, 
light ashy-grey, with a tinge of green ; forehead, rump and upper 
tail-coverts greenish yellow ; the quills dusky-black, with a deep 
yellow spot; tail with the four central feathers dusky, the outer 
pair tipped yellow; the whole of the others deep yellow, with 
some blackish at the base crossing each feather obliquely ; the 
whole of the lower parts deep king’s-yellow. 
The two central tail-feathers have sometimes the outer web 
red for a great part of their length, and the yellow on the fore- 
head of the young male has an orange tinge ; otherwise it resem- 
bles the adult female. 
Jerdon states in his Birds of India that “this splendidly 
colored bird extends from the Himalayas to Central India and 
Goomsoor, where I obtained it, but it does not appear to gdé fur- 
ther south.” 
Pericrocotus flammeus, Forsé. 
272. —Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 420; Butler, Deccan ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 393. 
THE ORANGE MINIVET. 
Length, 8:25; wing, 3°8; tail, 4; tarsus, 0°62; bill at front, 0°5. 
Bill black ; irides dark-brown ; legs brown-black. 
