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152 CAMPEPHAGIN.E. 



Male, with the whole head and neck, upper back, scapulars 

 and wings, glossy blue-black ; wings with a broad orange-red 

 band, formed by all the quills having the central portion red, 

 and the edges of the lesser wing-coverts also ; tail with the two 

 central feathers black, the next pair black, tipped red, and all the 

 others blackish at the base, and orange-red for nearly half their 

 terminal length. 



The female has the head, neck, back and wing-coverts ashy ; 

 the forehead narrowly tinged with yellow ; the lower back, rump 

 and upper tail-coverts, greenish-yellow ; the quills and tail dusky- 

 black, the former with a yellow wing spot, and the latter with 

 the lateral tail-feathers yellow. 



The Orange Minivet is a permanent resident and is not 

 uncommon all along the Sahyadri Range from Goa to Khandalla. 

 It has not been recorded from any other portion of our pro- 

 vince. 



Pericrocotus brevirostris, Vig. 



273. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 421 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 



Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 465 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology 



of Sind, p. 126. 



THE SHORT-BILLED MINIVET. 



Length, 7*5 to 8 ; expanse, 11 ; wing, 3'5 ; tail, nearly 4 ; tar- 

 sus, 0-6 ; bill at front, 0'37. 



Bill black ; irides dark-brown ; legs brown-black. 



Male. Head, neck, nape, upper back, wings, and middle tail- 

 feathers, shining blue-black ; body beneath, lower back, rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, wing spot, and tips of some of the coverts, 

 and the lateral tail-feathers, fine deep crimson ; the latter black 

 at their bases. 



The female has the head and back grey ; the forehead tinged 

 with yellow ; beneath, spots on the wings, rump, and lateral 

 tail-feathers, yellow ; wings and tail dusky ; the pair next the 

 middle feathers slightly edged with yellow. 



The Short-billed Minivet is rare ; it has been obtained on Mount 

 Aboo and on the Vindhian Hills near Mhow. It also occurs 

 during the summer months in Sind. 



Pericrocotus peregrinus, Lin. 



276. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 423 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 



Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 465 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 



IX, p. 394 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 125 ; 



Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 65. 

 THE SMALL MINIVET. 



Length, 6'4 ; wing, 27 ; expanse, 8'5 ; tail, 3 ; tarsus, 0'9 ; bill 

 at front, 0'3. 



Bill black ; irides brown ; legs black. 



Male. Head, nape, and back, ashy ; lores, chin, throat, and 

 ears, blackish ; wings and tail dusky-black, the former with an 



