1888.] BIRDS COLLECTED IN PERAK. 269 



" Irides brown ; feet yellow ; cere yellow. Expanse 5 ft. 10 in., 

 length 2 ft. 5 in. 



" The stomach contained the remains of a rat, a bird's egg, and a 

 snake's egg. The plumage of this specimen was far darker than 

 that of the two I obtained last year on the Larut Hills." 



Fam. CoRviDiE. 



Platylophus ardesiacus (Blyth). 



Platyloplms ardesiacus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. iii. p. 317; 

 Hnme and Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 380; Gates, B. Brit. Burm. i. 

 p. 410; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 66. 



"No. 117. ? ad. Batang Padang (mountains of Perak). 

 " Irides dark brown ; bill black ; feet and legs black. It frequents 

 the undergrowth of the forest." 



Fam. Campophagid^. 

 Pericrocotus wrayi, sp. n. (Plate XV.) 



"No. 53. P.iyneus,(S 2 ad. Batang Padang mountains, Perak." 



I can hardly believe that this is the species I identified and returned 

 to Mr. Wray as Pericrocotus igneus (P. Z. S. 1887, p. 435). If 

 such be the case I was greatly in error, for the pair of birds now 

 sent are decidedly distinct from that species. P. wrayi has the quill- 

 lining red, instead of yellow, and also the under wing-coverts, and it 

 has the throat slaty grey and the ear-coverts slaty black, instead of 

 glossy black like the head. Total length 6*3 inches, culmen 0*5, 

 wing 31, tail 3'2, tai'sus 0*55. The female of P. igneus differs very 

 much from the female of P. wrayi in being entirely bright yellow 

 below and in iiaving a scarlet rump. The nearest ally of P. wrayi 

 as regards the female plumage is that of P. brevirostris, but P. wrayi 

 is of a darker slate-grey, has a brighter yellow lower back and rump, 

 no yellow on the forehead, and the chin white. 



The males of P. neglectus and P. brevirostris differ in their glossy 

 black throat and fiery crimson, not scarlet, under surface. 



While on the subject of the genus Pericrocotus, I may mention 

 that Count Salvadori very kindly sent me over the types of his 

 new species from Tenasserim, and I am able to state with certainty 

 that P. rubrolitnbatus, Salvad. (Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) v. 

 p. 582), is =P. Solaris, and P. pulcherrimus, Salvad. t. c. p. 580, is 

 =P. neglectus of Hume. 



Pericrocotus croceus, sp. n. 



" No. 107. d ad. Gunong Batu Putch (4300 feet). 



" Irides dark brown ; legs and feet black." 



This is a beautiful bird, but I feel grave doubts whether it is any 

 thing more than a yellow variety of P. wrayi, the red parts in P. 

 wrayi being golden yellow in P. croceus, and the throat is darker, 

 being black like the cheeks and sides of face. Total length 6-1 

 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 3'4, tail 2-95, tarsus 0*55. 



