32 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VI, 



PERICROCOTUS CINEREUS. The Ashy Minivet. 



Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafr. ; Hume, Stray Feath. v, p. 

 175, 176 (1876); Sharpe, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus. iv, p. 83 (1879); 

 Ogilvie, Grant, Fascic. Malay. Zool. iii, p. 90 (1905); Robinson, 

 Hand-list Birds Malay Pen., p. 14 No. 394 (1910) ; Robinson & 

 Kloss, Ibis, 191 1, p. 55. 



4-dult male. — Whole under surface and under tail coverts 

 and crown to behind the eye, white, inchning to ashy on the 

 lower surface ; lores, a stripe through the eye, hind, crown and 

 nape glossy black ; mantle, back, upper tail coverts, lesser and 

 inner wing coverts and tertials clear grey ; tail feathers 

 blackish grey, all except the two median pairs with the 

 terminal portions largely white, increasing in extent towards 

 the outer pairs. Primaries and secondaries blackish brown, 

 with a broad diagonal band of white on the inner webs except 

 on the outer primary, increasing interiorly ; bases of the 

 secondaries broadly white. Primary coverts blackish, the 

 innermost broadly edged with grey on the outer w ebs. Outer 

 axillaries w^hitish, inner slate grey broadly tipped with white, 

 inner wing coverts mingled white and slate grey. 



Adult female. — The series before me, if the sexing is to be 

 relied on, indicates that the adult female onh' differs from the 

 other sex in having the white frontal band considerably 

 narrower, not extending beyond the eyes. 



Immature. — Immature birds of both sexes, which in the 

 Malay Peninsula are in the large majority, differ from the 

 adults in lacking the clear w'hite frontal band ;' the lores, 

 occiput and nape are ashy grey, not glossy black, and the 

 primaries and central tail feathers are more brownish. 



Dimensions. — Adult male : total length, 7.1 ; wing, 3.6 ; 

 tail, 3.7 in. 

 Adult female : total length, 7.2 ; wing, 3.7 ; 

 tail, 3.75 in. 



Localities in the Peninsula. — Siamese Malay States: Trang 

 (December, January, February). Pulau Langkawi (November, 

 December).- Penang (March). Perak : Temerloh (January). 

 Selangor : Klang Gates (January); Kuala Lumpur (Decem- 

 ber, February, March) ; Kuala Langat, Batu (November, 

 December) ; Pulau Pintu Gedong (October). Pahang : Krau 

 River (November). 



Note. — As the above dates show this species is not 

 resident in the Malay Peninsula but only appears during the 

 winter months, when it often occurs in considerable numbers, 

 especially on the coast. 



PERICROCOTUS IGNEUS. The Fiery Minivet. 



Pericrocotus igneus, Blyth; Sharpe, Cat, Birds Brit. Mus. 

 iv, p. 78 (1879); Robinson, Hand-list Birds Malay Penins. p. 14, 

 No. 393 (1910). 



