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'^ Pericrocotus fraterculus, Swinh. 



One dated January^ and ten obtained in February this 

 year. My collector came across a snr all flock of them near 

 Shuikow^ and says he had no difficulty in shooting them 

 all. The central tail-feathers of the adult males are entirely 

 black. 



[Mr. Rickett sends me a male and female doubtfully 

 labelled "fraterculus" ( =elegans, M'Clell.). The male has 

 no trace of red whatever on the central rectrices, and is 

 therefore P. speciosus, matching in all respects a male from 

 Sikkim which I have.— H. H. S.] 



-j-Stoparola melanops (Vig.). 

 One skin J dated January. 



Terpsiphone inch (Gould). 



I have no specimens of T. affinis with which to compare my 

 skins^ but if they are T. incii, then this species undoubtedly 

 assumes a white plumage. My skins are dated Aprils May, 

 and June. On 27th May my collector shot a female, from 

 the oviduct of which he tells me he took an egg, but as the 

 shell had not formed he threw it away. He tells me he once 

 took a nest of this species near Shuikow containing three 

 young, which he tried to rear, but without success. 



[Ter^Jsiphone incii (Gould). The above aberrant indi- 

 vidual, which Mr. Rickett has kindly sent me, is a very inter- 

 esting bird, especially in view of Dr. Sharpe's opinion that 

 this bird never puts on the white dress (B. M. Cat. iv. p. 351). 

 In this example there is one outer tail-feather which retains 

 a good deal of chestnut. In measurements it corresponds 

 exactly with red specimens of T. incii in my collection. — 

 H. H. S.] 



Terpsiphone princeps (Temm.). 



I shot a fine male in the garden on 29th April this year. 

 It had only one long tail-feather, which measures 9 inches, 

 wing 3*5. Bill tipped with black to the extent of about -^^ 

 inch, Testes developing. 



