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." (Bourn* <uul Worcrstcr MS.) 



460. PERICROCOTUS NOVUS McGregor. 

 RAMSAY'S MINIVET. 



Pericrocotus novus RAMSAY, Ibis (1886), 161 (no description); GRANT, 

 Ibis (1895), 109; (1896), 539 (Negros) ; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 

 103; SHARPE, Hand-List (1901), 3, 300; MCGREGOR, Bull. Philippine 

 Mus. (1904), 3, 13; MCGREGOR 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^unjier 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; wing : markings very light orange. 



Immature female. Almost exactly like the adult female, but many 

 feathers of head, mantle, sides of neck, and wings brown with buff 

 margins. 



