PERICEOCOTUS. 479 



c'. Tertiaries with isolated yellow oval 



drops. 

 e". First three primaries plain. 



A;'". Tail exceeding finches P. speciosus $ , p. 479. 



/"'. Tail not exceeding 3'5 inches . . P. fraterculus $, p. 481. 

 fl'. First four primaries plain. 



m"'. Forehead and lower plumage 

 orange-yellow. 



i 4 . Tail about 3'6 inches P. andamanensis , p. 481. 



k*. Tail about 3'1 inches P.flammifer $ , p. 482. 



"'. Forehead and lower plumage 



pure yellow P.Jlammeus $ > P' 482. 



d' . Tertiaries with no isolated yellow oval 



drops. 

 f/". Crown of head not concolorous with 



lower back P. solans 5 , p. 4S5. 



h". Crown of head concolorous with 



back. 



0'". Hump and upper tail-coverts 

 pure deep yellow. 



I 4 . Tail about 4 inches P. brevirostris $ , p. 483. 



?>i 4 . Tail about 3'5 inches P. neglectus $> , p. 484. 



p 1 ". Rump and upper tail-coverts 



olive-yellow margined with yellow. P. roseus $, p. 486. 

 c. Tail black and white ; upper tail-coverts 



grey, brown, or black. 

 e'. Rump red, or white marked with red. 

 *". Dark parts of upper plumage glossy 

 black. 



q'". Forehead and chin black P. erythropyyius c? , p. 488. 



/'". Forehead and chin white P. albifrons $ , p. 489. 



k' '. Dark parts of upper plumage smoky 



brown. 



s"'. Rump uniformly orange-red . . P. erythropyyius 2, p. 488 

 t'". Rump white with a few red 



streaks P. albifrons , p. 489. 



f. Rump without a trace of red. 



I". Back and rump the same colour. . P. cinereus, p. 489. 

 m". Rump conspicuously paler than 



back P. cantotiensis, p. 490. 



The males and females of the first five species are characterized 

 by the presence of oval drops on the terliaries. 



490. Pericrocotus speciosus. The Indian Scarlet Minivet. 



Turdus speciosus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i, p. 363 (1790). 



Pbcenicornis elegans, Mcdett. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 156. 



Pericrocotus speciosus (Lath.), Blyth, Cat. p. 192 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. 

 i, p. 143; Jerd. J3. I. i, p. 419 ; Hume, X. $ E. p. 182; Sharpe, 

 S. F. iv, p. 206 ; Hume, S. F. v, p. 192 ; Ball, S. F. v, p. 414, vii, 

 p. 210 ; tiharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 71 ; Hume, Cat. no. 271 ; Scully, 

 S. F. viii, p. 268 ; Barnes, Birds Bum. p. 151 ; Oates in Hume's 

 N. 8f E. 2nd ed. i, p. 335. 



Pericrocotus elegans (McClell.), apud Anders. Yunnan JELvped., Aves, 

 p. 648. 



The Large Minivet, Jerd. ; Sahili, Sath suki kapi, Hind. 



