PEEICEOCOTUS. 489 



India, and to be found as far south as the Sigur ghat in the Nilgiris, 

 from which locality Jerdon has recorded it, and where Davisou sub- 

 sequently obtained it. 



Habits, <$fc. Breeds in July and August, building its nest, which 

 is very small, but of much the same character as those of the pre- 

 ceding species, in low bushes. The eggs, which are greenish white 

 marked with brown, measure about '7 by "55. 



502. Pericrocotus albifrons. Jerdon's Minivet. 



Pericrocotus albifrons, Jerd. Ibis, 1862, p. 20 ; Blanf. Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 468 ; Blyth, Birds Burm. p. 124 ; Htime, S. F. iii, p. 96 ; Sharpe, 

 S. F. iv, p. 212 ; Hume, S. F. v, p. 178 j Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, 

 p. 86 ; Hume, Cat. no. 277 bis ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 244. 



Coloration. E-esembles P. erythropyyius. The male differs from 

 the male of that species in having the forehead, a broad supercilium, 

 and the whole chin with the sides of the head white ; the rump is 

 white merely tinged with red, and the orange on the breast is of 

 smaller extent. The lores and a streak through the eye are black. 



The female differs from the female of P. erythropyyius merely in 

 having a very slight trace of red on the rump, nothing more than 

 two or three faint streaks. 



Bill and legs black ; iris dark brown ; eyelids grey ; inside of 

 mouth flesh-colour. 



Length about 6 ; tail 3-4 ; wing 2-5 ; tarsus -6 ; bill from gape -55. 



Distribution. The Thayetmyo district of Burma, extending north 

 as far as Pagcan. Colonel Lloyd is said to have obtained this 

 species at Toungngoo ; but this locality requires confirmation. 



503. Pericrocotus cinereus. The Ashy Minivet. 



Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafresn. Rev. Zool. viii, p. 94 (1845) ; Sharpe, 

 S. I. iv, p. 211 ; Hume, S. F. v, p. 175 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, 

 p. S3 ; Oates, S. F. x, p. 200 ; id. B. B. i, p. 241. 



Pericrocotus modestus, StricU. P. Z. S. 1846, p. 102. 



Pericrocotus motacilloides, Swinhoe, Ibis, I860, p. 58. 



Coloration. Male. The feathers at the base of the lower man- 

 dible, lores, a band through the eye, ear-coverts, and the posterior 

 half of the crown and nape black; forehead, anterior part of 

 crown, chin, throat, cheeks, sides of neck, and the whole lower 

 plumage white, tinged with ashy on the breast and flanks ; upper 

 plumage dark ashy ; wing-coverts black edged with ashy ; primary- 

 coverts black ; quills ashy brown, the earlier primaries with an 

 inner white marginal band, the others and the secondaries with a 

 white patch at base ; the four middle tail-feathers blackish, the 

 others blackish at base and white elsewhere, the white increasing 

 in extent towards the outer feathers. 



The female resembles the male, but has the white on the fore- 

 head much narrower and the black on the crown replaced by dark 



