175 



ihdaries black, their bases scarlet ; tertiaries Mack, their outer web near 

 the tip with a scarlet spot; greater wing coverts black, broadh tipped with 

 scarlet ; rump, upper tail and under wing coverts and the whole lower plumage 

 scarlet ; tail scarlet, except the central tail feathers, which have the base of the 

 outer and the whole inner web black. 



The female has the front of the head, cheeks, lower back, rump, upper tail 

 coverts and the whole of the under surface bright yellow ; back, scapulars, back 

 of head and lesser wing coverts ashy brown ; greater coverts dark brown, 

 tipped yellow ; wings dark brown, the red patch replaced by yellow ; central 

 tail feathers black, with a margin of yellow on their outer webs, the next pair 

 black, the terminal half of outer web and tip of the inner web yellow, the others 

 yellow with black bases. Bill and legs black. 



Length. Ti inches; tail 3*1 ; wing 3^4 ; tarsus 0-65 ; bill from gape '85. 



Hab. British Burmah, in the extreme south of Tennaserim, at Bankasoon, 

 and Pakchan. It also occurs in the Malay Peninsula. 



191. Pericrocotus flammeus, (Forst.) Sim. Zooi. in. p. 52 ; 



Jerd. 111. Ind. Orn. pi. ii. ??i. and /.; id. B. Ind. i. p. 420, No. 272; Sir. 

 F. iii. p. 95 ; iv. pp. 207, 394 ; v. 175, 197 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. 

 p. 75. The ORANGE MINIVET. 



Whole head, nape, neck, upper back, wings, and central tail feathers 

 shining blue-black j lower back, rump, upper tail coverts, wing spot to the 

 fifth primary, tips of some of the coverts, and entire under surface deep 

 crimson ; lateral tail feathers the same, but with black bases. 



The Female has the forehead tinged with yellow, the head and back grey ; 

 the rump, wing spots, lateral tail feathers and entire under surface yellow ; 

 wings and tail dusk}-, the pair next the middle feathers edged narrowly with 

 yellow. Bill and legs black \ irides dark brown. 



Length. 7-5 to 8 inches ; 3-5 to 37 ; tail 3-910 4 ; culmen 0-37 ; tarsus O'6. 



Hab. Southern India, in the Circars, along the Coromandel and Malabar 

 Coasts, and Travancore to Ceylon, and in the Concan. 



The Orange Minivet is abundant in all the more wooded parts of its habi- 

 tat, and generally keeps to the topmost branches of high trees. It keeps 

 continually flying from branch to branch, and is incessantly on the move, 

 catching insects. It breeds on the Neilgherries during June and July. The 

 nest is a comparatively massive little cup composed of fine twigs and plastered 

 over with lichen like cobwebs. It is usually placed in the fork of a slender 

 bough. Eggs a palish green, thickly streaked and spotted chiefly at the large 

 end with pale yellowish brown and dingy purple. 



192. Pericrocotus igneus, Blyih, J-A. S. B. xv. p. 309; Sharpe, 

 Sir. F. iv. p. 209 ; Hume, Sir. F. v. p. 190 ; viii. p. 91 ; Sharpc, Cat. B. 

 tir. Mus. iv. p. 78; Wardlaw- Ramsay, Tweed. Mem. App- p. 6<;6; Oa/fs, 

 B. Br. Burmah, p. 239. Pericrocotus minutus, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1849. 

 pi. The FIERY MINIVET. 



