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Hills dividing Tinnevelly from Travancore," in other words 

 the Assaniboo Hills ; where flammeus indeed seems common, 

 but whence, as yet, I have not been fortunate enough to secure 

 roseus. 



Gould says : "The late Hon. F.J. Shore, who obtained speci- 

 mens near Pokree in Nagpoor, June 2nd, and at Urkoon, June 

 19th, 1832, states that it is called ' Powe/ and that it builds 

 amongst the branches of trees a nest of moss, and is only seen 

 during the six summer months." 1 cannot trace these localities, 

 and the concluding remark is entirely opposed to my experience 

 if these places are really in Nagpoor. 



6.— Pericrocotus Solaris, Blyth. J. A. S. B., XV., 

 p. 310, 1846. 



Gould, B. of As. Pt. 1, PI. 4, lower figure* (of <J) only.— 

 Jerd. B. of I., I., p 422, No. 275. 



flavogularis, Blyth. MSS. op. et loc. cit. note. 

 affinis, Mc.Clell.yV.7i. S., 1839, the supposed ? only, 

 which = ? Solaris. 



In this species, of which 1 have examined 29 specimens, there 

 is no red or yellow patch on the first four primaries, but there 

 is often a narrow line of one of these colours on the margin 

 of the fourth. 



The red and yellow in the different sexes of this species are 

 of almost the same tint as in Jlammeus. 



In both sexes the chin is white, and sides of the throat are 

 grey or greyish white, the central portion of the throat being 

 orange or yellow, as the case may be. 



In neither sex are there any bright coloured margins near 

 their tips to the tertiaries and later secondaries. 



The central tail-feathers are always black in the male, but 

 often exhibit a narrow red margin on the terminal halves of the 

 outer webs. 



The female has no bright colour on the forehead, and has the 

 back overlaid with olive green. 



Wings that I measured varied as follows : — 



cTs.— 3-2; 3-3; 3*4; 337; 3-2; 3'41; 3-'2 ; 3-33; 3-2; 

 8*22 



?'s.— 3-2; 3-4; 3-3; 3-24; 3-4; 3'3; 345 ; 33 ; 3*3 ; 

 332; 3-3; 3"2. 



This species is common in Sikhim and Nepal, but I have as 

 yet obtained it nowhere else, except at Moolyit, one of the 

 highest of the Central Tenasserim Hills. But Godwin- Austen 



* The upper figure purporting to represent the female, represents the female of 

 some other species, possibly of brevirostris, but the lower parts are rather too brightly 

 colored for that species. 



