REMARKS ON THE GENUS PERICROCOTUS, 195 



In default of specimens, I cannot speak positively; the num- 

 ber of plain primaries may differ, or there may be other small 

 differences, but prima facie P. fraterculus, Swinh., Ibis., 1870, 

 p. 244, described as a small race of speciosiis, with the wing 3 - 8, 

 from Hainan, and which Mr. Swinhoe says he has seen from, 

 Siam aud the Khasia Hills, can be no other than elegans. 



12 — Pericrocotus andamanensis, Tytler. Beav., 

 Ibis. 1867, p. 322. 



The markings on the primaries separate this at once from 

 speciosus and elegans. I have examiued over 50 specimens. 



In the adult male there is no red patch on the outer webs 

 of the three first primaries ; in the adult female aud young male 

 there is no yellow patch on the outer webs of the first four 

 primaries. 



Besides this, this species differs from speciosus in its much 

 smaller size. Wings that I measured of my finest specimens 

 varied as follows : — 



<y's.— 3-67; 3-8; 3-6; 3-6; 3-78; 3-63; 3-6; 3-73; 365; 37. 

 ¥'s.— 3-5; 3-55; 3-65; 367; 3'63 ; 36; 36. 



cTs.juv.— 3-65; 3-57; 3'68. 



Again in both sexes, the red and yellow of the back goes 

 less far up the back than in either speciosus or elegans. I re- 

 marked this, I find, long ago (S. F., II., p. 203), but having quite 

 forgotten this noted it again, now when I had my entire series 

 of the three species out for comparison. 



Again in the females, the orange yellow of the lower 

 parts, rump, and forehead is decidedly more orange than in 

 the other two species, and the grey of the backs is usually dar- 

 ker than in either. 



Very rarely in this species in the male a portion of the 

 outer webs of the central tail feathers is i*ed. 



The bills in both sexes are, / now think, more than propor- 

 tionally smaller than in speciosus. 



This species is strictly confined to the Andaman group. 

 No specimen has ever yet been procured in any part of the 

 Nicobars. 



13. -Pericrocotus flammifer, Hume. t S.F., III., 321 n. 



This species like the preceding has no colored patch on the 

 first three primaries in the adult male, or in the first four in the 

 female. I have seen no young males as yet. 



In colour the male approaches flammeus. The outer webs 

 of the central feathers appear to be always red. In colour 

 the female is more like those of speciosus and elegans^ with 



