CAMPEFHAGINiE. 423 



Bill dusky ; irides brown ; legs brown. The female is ashy 

 above, tinged with green on the back and rump ; wings and tail 

 dusky, with the wing- spot and lateral tail-feathers, yellow ; beneath 

 the chin and throat white, the rest of the lower parts pale whit- 

 ish-yellow. 



Length 7f inches; wing 3f ; tail 3^; bill at front -^-^ -, tarsus i. 



This species is spread through the wooded parts of India ; it is 

 not uncommon in Lower Bengal, as about Calcutta, spreading into 

 Arakan. I procured it in Goomsoor, where I mistook it for a young 

 P. brevirostris (V. Cat., No. 64); and I obtained it from various 

 parts of Malabar. Lord A. Hay informed me that he had seen it most 

 abundant on the hills dividing Tinnivelly from Travancore ; and 

 collections from this latter country always include it. Still it 

 cannot be called common in the South of India. I know nothing 

 particular in its habits. 



f. cinereus, from China and the Philippines, wants the red alto- 

 gether, and is quite a link between the rich-coloured species and 

 the plain-coloured CampepJiagince ; and P. modestus, Boie, apud 

 Bonaparte, appears to be nearly allied. 



276. Pericrocotus peregrinuS; Lin. 



Parus apud Linn^us. — Sykes, Cat. 39 — Blyth, Cat. 1164 — 

 HoRSF., Cat. 181 — JjsRDON, Cat. 66— Gould, Cent. H. B. pi. 9 — 

 Bulal chasm, H., also Sath-sayili, and Chota sath saki kapi, in Ben- 

 gal — Kunkum-pu-jittttf Tel. 



The Small Minivet. 



Descr. — Male — Head, nape, and back, ashy ; lores, chin, throat, 

 and ears, blackish ; wings and tail dusky-black, the former with an 

 orange stripe formed by a central band on all the primaries (except 

 the first three), and the secondaries orange on the outer, yellow on 

 the inner web ; tall, with the four outer feathers on each side, 

 widely tipped with orange ; breast, upper part of abdomen, flanks, 

 and rump, rich scarlet or aurora-red, fading to yellow on the 

 lower abdomen and under tail-coverts, and whitish on the vent. 



The female differs inhavlngthe eye-streak, sides of forehead, chin, 

 throat, and lower parts, whitish, tinged with yellow on the breast. 



