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PERICROCOTUS CINEREUS. The Ashy Minivet. 
Pericrocotus cinereus, Lafr.; Hume, Stray Feath. vy, p. 
175, 176 (1876); Sharpe, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus. iv, p. 83 (1879); 
Ogilvie, Grant, Fascic. Malay. Zool. iu, p. 90 (1905); Robinson, 
Hand-list Birds Malay Pen., p. 14 No. 394 (1910); Robinson & 
Kloss, Ibis, 1911, p. 55. 
Adult male-—Whole under surface and under tail coverts 
and crown to behind the eye, white, inclining to ashy on the 
lower surface ; lores, a stripe through the eye, hind, crown and 
nape glossy black; mantle, back, upper tail coverts, lesser and 
inner wing coverts and tertials clear grey; tail feathers 
blackish grey, all except the two median pairs with the 
terminal portions largely white, increasing in extent towards 
the outer pairs. Primaries and secondaries blackish brown, 
with a broad diagonal band of white on the inner webs except 
on the outer primary, increasing interiorly; bases of the 
secondaries broadly white. Primary coverts blackish, the 
innermost broadly edged with grey on the outer webs. Outer 
axillaries whitish, inner slate grey broadly tipped with white, 
inner wing coverts mingled white and slate grey. 
Adult female——The series before me, if the sexing is to be 
relied on, indicates that the adult female only differs from the 
other*sex in having the white frontal band considerably 
narrower, not extending beyond the eyes. 
Immature.-—Immature birds of both sexes, which in the 
Malay Peninsula are in the large majority, differ from the 
adults in lacking the clear white frontal band ; the lores, 
occiput and nape are ashy grey, not glossy black, and the 
primaries and central tail feathers are more brownish. 
Dimensions.—Adult male: total length, 7.1; wing, 3.6; 
valleoe amie 
Adult female: total length, 7.2; wing, 3.7; 
tail, 3.75 in. 
Localities in the Peninsula.—Siamese Malay States: Trang 
(December, January, February). Pulau Langkawi (November, 
December). Penang (March). Perak: Temerloh (January). 
Selangor: Klang Gates (January); Kuala Lumpur (Decem- 
ber, February, March); Kuala Langat, Batu (November, 
December); Pulau Pintu Gedong (October). Pahang: Krau 
River (November). 
Note—As the above dates show this species is not 
resident in the Malay Peninsula but only appears during the 
winter months, when it often occurs in considerable numbers, 
especially on the coast. 
PERICROCOTUS IGNE US) ihe) Pieny, Minivet: 
Pericrocotus igneus, Blyth; Sharpe, Cat, Birds Brit. Mus. 
lv, p. 78 (1879); Robinson, Hand-list Birds Malay Penns. p. 14, 
No. 393 (1910). 
