KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 56. N:0 2. 73 
132. Pericrocotus peregrinus. Linn. — The Small Minivet. 
Pericrocotus peregrinus: Gyldenstolpe I p. 33; Gyldenstolpe-III p. 168; Williamson I p. 43; Williamson II p. 90. 
& Koon Tan °8/s 1914. L—=178 mm.; W=70 mm; T=77 mm.; C = 9 mm. — & Koon Tan */4 
1914. L174 mm.; W=70,5 mm.; T= 75 mm.; C= 9 mm. — Irides: black. Bill: black. Legs: black. 
The small Minivet is generally distributed over the northern parts of the country 
though not very common. Most often it was observed in small flocks visiting the pine 
forests on the tops of the higher hills but sometimes they were even met with at the out- 
skirts of the jungles. This species was never observed in company with other kind 
of Minivets. 
133. Pericrocotus solaris griseigularis. GouLp. 
dg Koon Tan *4/5 1914. IL=171 mm.; W = 81 mm.; T = 93 mm.; C = 10,5 mm.; Tarsus = 12 mm. 
— Trides: brown. Bill: black. Legs: black. 
This species which is closely related to Pericrocotus solaris BLy TH. from the Eastern 
Himalayas, Khasi Hills, Manipur, Pegu, Siam and Tenasserim, has previously only been 
recorded from the island of Formosa and parts of Southern China. SwINHOE says that 
the main’ points of difference between P. griseigularis and P. solaris are, that in »the for- 
mer the thigh- feathers are black externally, ochraceous internally, while in the latter the 
thighs are orange». As shown by Hume (Stray Feathers 1877. Vol. V, p. 187) the thighs 
in P. solaris are not orange but dusky black externally and yellowish or ochraceous inter- 
nally in the male. 
The thighs in my specimen, which I without hesitation have identified with P. 
griseigularis are brownish black with a faint greenish tinge externally and pale yellowish 
internally. The first two primaries are lacking the red or yellowish patch, on the third 
primary there is a narrow yellowish line along the outer web; on the fourth there is an 
orange scarlet spot on the middle part of! the outer web of about 11 mm: in length. On 
the inner webs of the primaries, with exception of the first one, there is a yellowish spot 
increasing in size on the latter primaries. On the secondaries there is a broad band of 
orange scarlet on about the middle parts of the feathers. Head, nape and back dark 
slaty grey with a bluish gloss; ramp and upper tail-coverts fiery orange scarlet; chin and 
throat grey with yellowish tips on some of the feathers, especially those of the throat 
passing over on the scarlet underparts of the body. The two central pairs of tail-feathers 
are black with a narrow line of yellow on the middle parts of the outer webs and an oblique 
orange scarlet’ spot’ on the innerweb; tip of tail-feathers pale orange. | 
The specimen was shot out of a party of Pericrocotus assembled in a pine-tree 
growing on the top of one of the highest hills in the Koon Tan range. 
My specimen is exactly similar to another specimen from Formosa in the collec- 
tions of the R. Nat.-Hist. Museum in Stockholm. 
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