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Pegu, Assam, Port Blair ; also the Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Ondh, 

 Bengal, Rajputana, Kutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore, North Guzerat, and 

 Tranvancore. In Sind it is uncommon. 



Gen. Pericrocotus. — Boie. 



Bill short, rather broad at base and high | culmen slightly curved ; 

 wings long, 4th and 5th quills longest > tail long,, lateral feathers gradu- 

 ated J tarsi and feet short and feeble. 



Pericrocotus peregrinus, iimt. S. N. i. p. 342; Gray, Oen. 

 Birds, i. p. 282 ; Bf. Consp. B. i, p, 356 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 423, 

 No. 276; H'ume, Str. F. 1873, p. 177; 1874, p. 209> 1875, p. 96; 

 Sharpe, Str. F. 1876, p. 209.— The Small Mimvet. 



Upper surface of body ashy grey ; a narrow frontal band, lores, 

 chin, throat and ear-coverts blackish ; wing-coverts black, the lesser 

 series edged with dull grey, and the greater with a narrow orange tip ; 

 quills dusky black, duller toward the tips ; the bases of the primaries, 

 except the first three, orange red, formiing a conspicuous wing patch ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts bright vermillion; tail black, the outer four 

 feathers on each side widely tipped with orange ; the breast vermillion, 

 also the upper abdomen, and flanks, fading on the lower abdomen, vent 

 and under tail-coverts to yellowish ; under wing-coverts and edge of 

 the wing yellow; thigh-coverts dusky black; bill and legs black; 

 irides brown. 



Length. — 6 inches, wing 2'55, tail 3, bill at front 0'45. 



The female is light grey above, the throat white, also the eye streak ; 

 sides of forehead and lower parts whitish, tinged with yellow on the 

 breast, abdomen, and undertail-coverts; theflanksandunderwing-coverts 

 brighter yellow ; quills light brown; the primaries with narrow white 

 edgings ; the wing spot yellow ; rump vermillion ; colour of bill and 

 legs as in the male; length, 6* 25, wing 2'75, bill 0'45, tail 3'1. 



Sal) — India, Ceylon, Burmese countries, Andamans and Java. 

 Occurs in the N. W. Himalayas, South and Central India, Nepaul, the 

 Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Rajputana, Deccan, Kutch, 

 Kattiawar, Jodhpore, and N. Guzerat. In Sind it is a winter visitant, 

 arriving in August and remaining till about the end of December. 



Pericrocotus brevirostris. Vigors. P.Z. 8. 1831, p. 43; Gray, 

 Gen. B i. p. 282 ; Bp. Oonsp. i. 357 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 421, No. 273 ; 

 Senders, and Sume, Lahore to Ya.rkand,-p. 184; Sharpe, Str. F. 1876, p. 

 209; Sume, Str. F. 1877, p. 187; Sharpe, Gat. Passerif. B. M. p. 79 > 

 Murray, Sdhk., Zool., Sf-c, Sind, p. 137. Phoenicornis brevirostris, 

 Gould. Cent. Sim. B. pi. 8. — The SHOfeT-BiiLED Miwivet. 



Head, nape, upper back, wings and middle tail feathers glossy blue- 

 black; the lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts deep crimson j 

 lateral tail feathers crimson, the bases black; wing-coverts glossy black; 

 the greater coverts crimson, their bases black; wing spot crimson ; chin, 

 throat, and sides of face blue-black, rest of under surface crimson; wing- 

 coverts crimson, the greater series ashy black. The female has the head 

 and back grey, the forehead tinged with yellow, the lower back, rump 



