174 PRIONOPID/E. 



Length. 9 inches; wing 4-25 to 4-5 ; tail 4/25 ; tarsus a<; bill from 

 0*5 to 'Sv 



Hab. Nepaul, the Himalayas down to the N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, 

 the Central Provinces, and Central India. Does not extend to Assam and' 

 British Burnrarr, as stated by Jerdon. The species fourrd there, is the next r a 

 slightly smaller bird, with some few not very material differences. 



188. Pericroeotus elegans, McLeil. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 156 ; Hume, 



Str. F. iid. p. 95 ; Sfiarpe, Str. F. iv. p. 206 ; Hume, Sir. F. v. p. 194 ^ 

 Anders. Yunnan Ex ped. p. 648 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus iv. 73 ; Hume, Str. 

 F. viii. p. 91; Oates, B. Br. Burmah r \,^. 236. Pericroeotus fraterculus, 

 Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 244. Pericroeo-tiss speeiosus r Bl. fy Wald. B, Burm. 

 p. 123. MACCLELLAND'S MINIVET. 



In all respects the same as the preceding (P. speciosus}, but differs in being 

 smaller. 



Length. 8 inches ^ wing 3*7; tail 3*6; tarsus -75-. The female is a trifle 

 smaller, the outer webs of the central tail feathers are red, and not as in 

 speciosus entirely black, Or with only a patch of red on them. 



Hab. British Burmah. According to Oates it is found over the whole of 

 Pegu. Common over the whole of Arrakan, got in Karenne by Capt. Ward- 

 law- Ramsay. Mr. Davison states it is common in Tennaserim as far south as 

 Tavoy ; thence occurring even down to Malewoon, but comparatively rare in 

 the extreme southern portion.. It has also been found at and around Bhamo> 

 in Cachar, Tipperah and the whole of Assam and the Tributary Mehals. 



This gorgeous species, like the rest of its tribe, goes about in small parties, 

 and are generally seen about gardens and orchards, also heavy and thin forests,, 

 searching the leaves of trees for insects- 



189. Pericroeotus andamannsis> Tytier, Str. F. ii. p. 208- 



v. 175^ 194. The ANDAMAN MINIVET. 



Allied to P. elegans ; differs from- it in size. Wing 3-6 to 375 ; tne vermilion 

 red of the back less in extent, the wing patch extending to only the outer web- 

 of the 4th primary. The difference in this latter extends in speciosus to the 

 3rd primary j Andamanensis to the 4th primary, and flammifer to- the 5th? 

 primary. 



Together with the slight differences in the amount of red on the back ancf 

 in the habitat, the question is, whether these are sufficient to constitute goocf 

 species* I would place elegans and andamanensis> as synonyms of speciosus. 



190. PericrOCO-tllS flammif er ,Hume, Sir. F. iii ,p. 321; (footnote) ; 

 v. p. 195; viii. p. 91 f Sharps, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 74; Oa/es, B, 

 Br. Burmah, i. p. 237. DAVISON'S MINIVET. 



Male. Whole head, neck, back, scapulars, lesser wing and primary coverts 

 deep glossy black ; primaries black, all but the first three with a scarlet patch ; 



