

PERICROCOTUS. 485 



no. 273 bis ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 78 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi, 



p. 211; Oates, S. B. i, p. 230. 



Pericrocotus minutus, Strickland, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 94, pi. 32. 

 Pericrocotus flagrans, Boie, Bonap. Consp. Av. i, p. 357 (1850). 



Coloration. Male. The whole head, chin, throat, back, scapulars, 

 and lesser wing-coverts glossy black ; the remainder of the lower 

 plumage, the rump, and upper tail-coverts crimson ; greater coverts 

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

 with scarlet m.irks across them ; secondaries black, with orange 

 bases ; tertiaries wholly black : under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 yellow ; middle tail-feathers black ; the next pair black, with some 

 red at the tip ; the remaining feathers red, except the bases, which 

 are black. 



Female. The forehead, feathers round the eye, the under wing- 

 coverts, and all the lower plumage bright yellow ; crown of the 

 head, back, wing-coverts, and scapulars ashy, tinged with green ; 

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

 the scarlet being replaced by orange-yellow ; tail as in the male, 

 but the red paler. 



Bill, legs, and feet black (Hume Coll.}. 



Length 6'5 ; tail 3 ; wing 3 ; tarsus -6 ; bill from gape *7. 



Distribution. The extreme south of Tenasserim, extending down 

 the Malay peninsula to Sumatra, Borneo, and Palawan; also 

 Western China. 



P. croceus, Sharpe, recently described from Perak, differs from 

 P. icjneus in having the red in the male replaced by yellow. 



P. wrayi, Sharpe, also from Perak, is of the P. icjneus type ; but 

 the male has a brown throat, and the female has the upper plumage 

 deep plumbeous, the throat white, and the ear-coverts deep grey. 



498. Pericrocotus Solaris. The Yellcnv-throated Minivet. 



Pericrocotus Solaris, BJyth, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 310 (1846) ; id. Cat. 



p. 193 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 393 ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 422 ; Blanf. 



J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 47 ; Sharpe, S. F. iv, p. 210 ; Hume, S. I. 



v, p. 186 ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi, p. 212 : Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, 



p. 82 ; Hume, Cat. no. 274 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 238 ; Hume, S. F. 



xi, p. 97. 

 Pericrocotus rubro-limbatus, Salvador i, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, 



p. 515 (1887). p. 582 (1888). 



Coloration. Male. The lores, the whole upper part of the head, 

 the neck, back, scapulars, and lesser wing-coverts leaden black ; 

 chin, cheeks, and ear-coverts grey; throat orange-yellow; remainder 

 of the lower plumage, with the rump and upper tail-coverts, scarlet ; 

 greater coverts black, tipped with scarlet ; primaries black, all but 

 the first four with a red patch ; secondaries and tertiaries black, 

 with scarlet bases ; middle tail-feathers black, the outer webs with 

 a narrow red margin near the tip ; the next pair black, the terminal 

 two thirds of the outer web red, as also the tip of the inner web ; 

 the remaining tail-feathers red, with black bases. 



Female. Head, neck, and upper back ashy ; lower back tinged 



