192 Mr. R. B. Sliarpe on the 



45. Pericrocotus igneus. 



Pericrocotus igneus, Blytli ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 78 ; 

 Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. \U; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 247, 

 794 ; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 252. 

 a,b. c? 2 ad. Padas River, April 30, 1886. 



[This species is more plentiful where the Casiiaritia trees, 

 which generally skirt the shores, are found. Iris, ])ill, and 

 feet black.] 



46. Pericrocotus xanthogaster. 



Pericrocotus xanthogaster (liaffl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. 

 p. 74. 



P. ardens, Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 143, pi. 2. 

 a,h. c? ? ad. Kina Ealu, Feb. 18, 1887. 



c. 6 ad. Kina Balu, March 18, 1887. 



d, e. d $ ad. Kina Balu, March 1887. 



Agrees with Sumatran specimens, and only on one male is 

 there a slight fringe of red on the fourth primary, scarcely 

 perceptible. One adult male has the red markings on the 

 secondaries very large on the left wing and very small on 

 the right wing. 



[Noticed only between 3000 and 4000 feet on Kina Balu, 

 in company with P. cinereigula. Both these birds were seen 

 together, hopping about among the higher branches of a 

 species of pine, often making flights to the other side of the 

 deep gorges.] 



47. Pericrocotus cinereigula, sp. n. 



Pericrocotus montanus, Salvad. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, p. 439 

 {nee Salvad.). 



a. (^ ad.; b. S j^v. Kina Balu, Feb. 16, 1887. 

 c. ^ juv. Kina Balu, March 1, 1887. 



When Mr. Whitehead first sent an example of this species 

 home, I determined it as P. montanus of Salvadori. One young 

 male is in the adult female plumage, and agrees so well with 

 the description of Count Salvadori^s P. montanus, that I did 

 not hesitate to call it by that name. I must confess that I now 

 describe the species as new with great diffidence, but I see 

 no alternative. I propose to restrict the name montanus, 



