176 PRIONOPID^. 



Whole head, chin, throat, nape, neck, back, scapulars, tertiaries, and lesser 

 wing coverts glossy black ; rump and upper tail coverts crimson ; greater wing 

 coverts black, tipped with crimson ; primaries black, all but the first four 

 with a scarlet or crimson spot ; secondaries orange at the base and black 

 terminally ; under wing coverts and axillaries yellow, tipped with red j central 

 tail feathers black ; the next pair black, tipped with red ; and the others red, 

 with black bases. 



The female has the forehead, feathers round the eye, and entire under 

 surface including the under wing coverts bright yellow ; the crown of the 

 head, nape, neck, back, scapulars and wing coverts, olivaceous or greenish 

 ashy ; rump and upper tail coverts scarlet ; wing and tail as in the male, 

 the crimson spot orange yellow instead; bill and legs black; irides dark" 

 brown. 



Length. 6-5 inches ; wing 3-0 ; tail 3 ; tarsus '6 ; culmen '7. 



Hab. South Tennaserim (Davison) ; also Malacca, Singapore, and China. 



193. Pericrocotus cinereus, La/res. Re). Zool. 1845, p. 94 ; 



Sharpe, Sir. F. iv. p. 211 ; Hume, Sir. F. v. p. 175 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. iv. p. 83 ; Oates, Sir. F. x. p. 200. Pericrocotus modestus, Strickl. 

 P. Z. S. 1846, p. 102. Pericrocotus motacilloides, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1860, 

 p. 58. The ASHY MINIVET. 



Forepart of the head, cheeks, sides of the neck, chin and throat white; 

 feathers round the eye, at the base of the bill, lores, top of the head and nape 

 deep black ; primary coverts also black ; wing coverts blackish brown, edged 

 with ashy; the greater coverts white-tipped; primaries dark brown, with an 

 oblique pale ashy white bar across ; secondaries brown with white bases ; 

 tertiaries ashy, the edges of the outer web white ; entire under surface white, 

 the flanks shaded with ashy and the breast and belly with buffy ; tail black, 

 the outermost feathers with a broad oblique white tip. 



The female is marked similar to the male, except that the black is replaced 

 everywhere with ashy, the tail is brown, and the under parts are suffused with, 

 brown ; bill and legs black. 



Length. 8 inches; wing 3-8 ; tail '4 ; tarsus *6 ; culmen '8, 



Hab. British Burmah. Oates says he has met with this species near Pegu>. 

 It is also found in the Phillippines, Borneo, and Sumatra ; also in China and 

 Japan. 



194. Pericrocotus per egr inns, Lin. Syst. Nat. \. p. 342 ; jerd. 



B. Ind. i. p. 423 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 184 ; El. and Wald. B. Burmah, 

 p. 124; Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 177 ; iii. p. 96 ; Sharpe, Sir. F. iv. p. 209 ; Hume, 

 Sir. F. v. 179; viii. p. 91 ; Oates, Sir. F. viii. p. 166 ; Legge, Birds, Ceylon, 

 p. 366; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 76; Murray, Vert. Zool. Sind, 

 p. 125. Pericrocotus malabaricus (Gm.) Hume % Sir. F. v. p. 182 ; Oates, B, 

 Br. Burmah, i. p. 245. The SMALL MINIVLT. 



