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1 hr MiiKiU' is p:iler ashy above; rump and other parts, which are red in the 

 male, are pale yellow. Bill, legs and feet black, irides dark brown. 



Length 7*2 to 7-4 inches ; wing 3-4 to 3-5 ; tail 3-5 ; tarsus '6 ; culmeno'6. 



Hab. The Himalayas, the Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, 

 Assam, British Burmah and Afghanistan ; also in South India, at Goomsur in 

 Travancore, and the greater part of the Carnatic and the Malabar forests. 



According to Gates, the Rosy Minivet is found abundantly over the whole 

 of Pegu. It extends in Tennaserim down to Mergui, south of which point 

 Mr. Davison does not appear to have met with it. It is recorded by Blyth 

 from Arrakan, over which division it is probably common. North of British 

 Burmah, it has been procured near Bhamo. It breeds during May and June 

 on the Himalayas. Nests taken at Murree, are of the usual type. Eggs 3 in 

 number, white with greyish brown spots and blotches at the larger end. Size, 

 O'82 X 0*6 inches. 



198. PericrOCOtUS Solaris, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 310; Jerd. 

 B. Ind. i. p. 422, No. 274; Blanford, J. A. S. B. 41, pt. ii. p. 47; Sharpe, 

 Sir. F. iv. p. 210; Hume, Sir. F. v. p. 186; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Ityis. iv. 

 p. 82 ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 91. The YELLOW-THROATED MINIVET. 



Forehead, crown, nape, neck, back, scapulars and lesser wing coverts 

 leaden black, darker on the wings and black on the tail ; chin, cheeks and 

 ear coverts grey; throat orange-yellow; rump and upper tail coverts, wing 

 spot, greater portion of the three outer tail feathers, and entire under surface 

 bright reddish flame colour ; greater coverts black, tipped with scarlet; seconda- 

 ries and tertiaries black with scarlet bases. 



The female has the head dark ashy brown tinged with greenish beneath ; 

 wing spot, rump and lateral, tail feathers bright yellow ; tail yellow. Bill, legs 

 and feet black ; irides deep brown 



Length.'] inches ; tail 4 ; wing 3-4 ; tarsus o'6 ; bill from gape O-6. 



Hal. N.-W. Provinces, Eastern Bengal, British Burmah and Nepaul. It 



is recorded from Pegu by Gates, and from Tennasserim near Thatone and 

 round the base of Mooleyit Mountain; also from Kashmere, S.-E. Himalayas 

 and Sikkim. Habits similar to the other species. 



199. PericrOCOtUS erythrOpygiUS, Jerdon, Birds, Ind. i. p. 424, 

 No. 277; Jar dine Contributions to Orn. fig. ; Stray F. v. 174, 177. The 

 RED-TAILED or WHITE-BELLIED MINIVET. 



,fl/a/. Plumage above, except the rump, glossy blue-back ; rump and 

 breast orange red ; entire under surface, wing stripe, outer edges and tips of 

 the lateral tail feathers white. 



The female has the black of the male replaced by ashy ; the tail black ; 

 forehead whitish ; the rump and under surface of the body white, tinged with 

 ashy on the breast. 



Bill and legs black ; irides brownish yellow. 



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