PERICROCOTUS. 491 
average, 170 in length; wing, 77; tail, 84; culmen, 17; tarsus, 14; middle 
toe with claw, 15. Four females, length, 171; wing, 77; tail, 84; culmen, 
16; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 14.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
460. PERICROCOTUS NOVUS McGregor. 
RAMSAY’S MINIVET., 
Pericrocotus novus RAMSAY, Ibis (1886), 161 (no description); GRANT, 
Ibis (1895), 109; (1896), 5389 (Negros); WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 
103; Suarpr, Hand-List (1901), 3, 300; McGrecor, Bull. Philippine 
Mus. (1904), 3, 13; McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 77. 
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor) ; Negros (Whitehead). 
Adult male (type).—Chin, throat, neck, sides of neck, head, and 
mantle black with a faint dark blue gloss; lower back, rump, and upper 
tail-coverts rich pompeian-orange; lower parts, except chin and throat, 
rich orange, becoming more intense on under tail-coverts; thighs black- 
ish; wings black, crossed by two bars formed by orange-colored areas 
on primaries, secondaries, and greater coverts; on the quills these mark- 
ings have corresponding spots on the inner webs which form a diagonal 
band of dark buff, seen when inside of wing is examined; lining of wing 
pale orange; tail from above mostly black, from below mostly fiery 
orange; this results from the fact that the short outer rectrices are black 
on the basal half only, while the long central feathers are black for their 
whole length, the outer webs only being orange near the tips. Length, 
184; wing, 80; tail, 90; culmen from base, about 14; tarsus, 16. 
Adult female-—Markings somewhat as in the adult male, but the 
orange replaced by rich lemon-yellow, which extends over the throat, sides 
of neck, and chin, and also forms a narrow frontal band, the latter ex- 
tending backward on each side to over center of eye; top of head and 
mantle black but without gloss. Wing, 79; tail, 89; culmen from base, 
15; tarsus, 15. 
Immature male—Resembles the adult female in having the yellow 
frontal band and in having chin and throat yellow; under parts pale 
orange mixed with pale lemon-yellow, the under tail-coverts altogether of 
the latter color; rectrices’ pale orange, tipped with lemon-yellow, the 
central pair totally black. On the head and mantle there are many 
blackish brown feathers tipped with pale buff and other glossy black 
feathers of the new plumage; lower back and rump orange with a mixture 
of lemon-yellow; witig-markings very lght orange. 
Immature female——Almost exactly like the adult female, but many 
feathers of head, mantle, sides of neck, and wings, brown with buff 
margins. 
