378 -PRIONOPID/E. 



coverts crimson, their bases black; wing spot crimson; chin, throat, and 

 sides of face blue-black, rest of under surface crimson ; wing coverts crimson, 

 the greater series ashy black. The female has the head and back grey, the 

 forehead tinged with yellow, the lower back, rump and upper tail coverts 

 yellow; the tail yellow, the basal half of the feathers black ; wings dusky, or 

 black, the greater coverts tipped with yellow ; wing spot yellow ; forehead and 

 lores yellowish white ; chin, cheeks and feathers below the eye whitish ; under 

 surface of body yellow washed with orange on the breast. Bill and legs black ; 

 irides dark brown. 



Length. 7-5 to 8 inches; wing 3-45 ; tail 4; tarsus 0*55. 



Hal. The Himalayas, Cashmere, Afghanistan, Bhootan, Shillong, Cachar, 

 Assam, Chittagong, Arrakan, Upper Burmah, Punjab, Bengal, Oudh, Rajpu- 

 tana, Central India, and the N.-W. Provinces, visiting the Deccan, Concan, 

 Kutch, Kattiawar, North Guzerat and Sind during the summer months. 



The short-billed Minivet has all the habits of the other species of the genus. 

 It breeds on the Himalayas during May and June. The nest is made of the 

 same materials as those of other species. Eggs, 3 4 in number, moderately a 

 broad oval in shape ; dull white in colour, and richly spotted, blotched and 

 streaked with brotvnish red and pale purple. Size 073 inch X 0-54, 



196. PericrOCOtUS neglectUS, Hume, Str. F. v. p. 189 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 80; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 91 ; Oates, B. Br. Burmah 

 \. p. 241. 



" A miniature representative of P. brevirestris" 



Length. 6*5 to 6-8; wing 3*25 to 3-3 ; tail 3-0 to 3-25. 



The female has the chin and throat a brighter yellow ,than in breviros/ris, 

 and the upper plumage is a duller ash. 



Hab. Central Tennaserim. 



197- PericrOCOtUS rOSeUS, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. dHist. Nat. xxi. 

 p. 486; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 422. No. 275; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 184; 

 BL B. Burmah, p. 124; Sharpe, Str. F. iv. p. 210 ; Armstrong, Str. F. iv. 

 p. 317; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 81 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p 91 ; 

 Reid. Cat. B. Prov. Mas. Oudh, p. 55. Pericrocotus intensior, Hume, Sir. 

 F. v. p. 185. The ROSY MINIVET. 



Head and neck ashy grey ; back reddish cinereous ; the feathers of the rump 

 and upper tail coverts rosy red ; wing coverts dark brown, the greater series 

 tipped with rosy-scarlet ; quills dark brown all but the first four primaries 

 with a scarlet patch across them ; later secondaries and tertiaries like the 

 back, narrowly margined with scarlet, sides of the head ashy; chin and 

 throat whitish. Entire under surface, including the under wing coverts and 

 axillaries, rosy red ; central tail feathers blackish, the others red with dark 

 bases. 



