152 CAMPEPHAGIN &. 
Male, with the whole head and neck, upper back, scapulars 
and wings, glossy blue-black; wings with a broad orange-red 
band, formed by all the quills having the central portion red, 
and the edges of the lesser wing-coverts also; tail with the two 
central feathers black, the next pair black, tipped red, and all the 
others blackish at the base, and orange-red for nearly half their 
terminal length. . 
The female has the head, neck, back and wing-coverts ashy ; 
the forehead narrowly tinged with yellow; the lower back, rump 
and upper tail-coverts, greenish-yellow ; the quills and tail dusky- 
black, the former with a yellow wing spot, and the latter with 
the lateral tail-feathers yellow. 
The Orange Minivet is a permanent resident and is not 
uncommon all along the Sahyadri Range from Goa to Khandalla. 
It has not been recorded from any other portion of our pro- 
vince. 
Pericrocotus brevirostris, Vig. 
273.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 421; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 465; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology 
of Sind, p. 126. 
THE SHORT-BILLED MINIVET. 
Length, 75 to 8; expanse, 11; wing, 35; tail, nearly 4; tar- 
sus, 0°6; bill at front, 0°37. 
Bill black ; irides dark-brown ; legs brown-black. 
Male.—Head, neck, nape, upper back, wings, ayd middle tail- 
feathers, shining blue-black; body beneath, lower back, rump, 
upper tail-coverts, wing spot, and tips of some of the coverts, 
and the lateral tail-feathers, fine deep crimson; the latter black 
at their bases. 
The female has the head and back grey; the forehead tinged 
with yellow; beneath, spots on the wings, rump, and lateral 
tail-feathers, yellow; wings and tail dusky; the pair next the 
middle feathers slightly edged with yellow. 
The Short-billed Minivet is rare ; 1t has been obtained on Mount 
Aboo and on the Vindhian Hills. near Mhow. It also occurs 
during the summer months in Sind. 
Pericrocotus peregrinus, Lvn. 
276.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 423; Butler, Guzerat; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 465; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 
IX, p. 394; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 125; 
Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India; Ibis, 1885, p. 65. 
THE SMALL MINIVET. 
Length, 6-4; wing, 2°7; expanse, 8'5; tail, 3; tarsus, 09; bill 
at front, 0°3. 
Bill black ; irides brown ; legs black. 
Male.—Head, nape, and back, ashy; lores, chin, throat, and 
ears, blackish ; wings and tail dusky-black, the former with an 
