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more extensive on the former, often spreading over most of 
the abdomen. 
Nearly 200 specimens examined. 
MNstribution. Southern India and Ceylon. 
Roughly speaking, Madras on the east and Belgaum on 
the west may be taken as the northern limits of this race. 
(4) Pericrocotus peregrinus pallidus, subsp. nov. 
Type. No. 86.4.1. 483, 3, B.M. Coll. (Hume). 
Type-locality. Larkhana, Sind. 
Above a very pale grey bird, with grey, and never black, 
throat ; crimson on breast very restricted, and remainder 
of lower parts white ; light portions. of tail almost white, 
tinged brick-pink on inner webs. 
Hight specimens examined, 
Distribution. Sind and the extreme N.W. of India. Birds 
from Mt. Aboo are very pale and might be assigned to this 
race. 
(5) Pericrocotus peregrinus saturatus, subsp. nov. 
Type. No. 7. 3.5.12.1122, g, B.M. Coll. (Wallace). 
Type-locality. W. Java. 
Exceptionally dark birds above ; crimson below extending 
all over breast and flanks, changing into yellow on posterior 
flanks and abdomen, the centre of which is whitish. 
Six specimens examined. 
Distribution. Java and ? Borneo. 
A single specimen from Banjermasing, Borneo, is still 
darker, almost black above, whilst practically the whole of 
the underparts from breast to vent are crimson. For the 
present I keep this with the Java bird. 
A @ shot by Captain Watson at Khain, district of 
Kherassan, Persia, is much knocked about, but appears to be 
a very near typical peregrinus, rather than pallidus as might 
have been expected. 
Females of all races differ in depth of dolore in much 
the same degree as the males. Southern birds run smaller 
