Birds of the Jhelum District. 55 



A winter visitor in small numbers from about the latter 

 half of October until the middle of March. 



[Iris brown ; feet lead-black; bill brown, base of lower 

 mandible horny-lilac — C B. T,'] 



Pericrocotus brevirostris. The Short-billed Minivet. 



A common winter visitor^ found usually in flocks. They 

 arrive at the beginning of November and mostly depart in 

 March, but a single bird was seen as late as April 4. 



Pericrocotus peregrinus. The Small Minivet. 



733.26.5.1913. Chua Saidan Shah. ?. Wing 68 mm. 



(worn). 



832. 18.8.1913. Jhelum. ^ ■ In moult. 



A resident, usually met with in small parties, but not very 

 common. There appears to be a slight increase in their 

 numbers during the winter, so the species may be to a 

 small extent migratory. No. 733 was shot from a nest 

 containing three eggs. 



[832 is a juvenile just finishing a complete moult. — 

 C. B. T.] 



A common summer visitor and passage-migrant from the 

 middle of April until the end of September, the earliest and 

 latest dates on which individuals were seen being April 10 

 and October 3 respectively. The autumn migration appears 

 to commence in the latter half of August, and the majority 



