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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
that of the male_, but the scarlet replaced by yellow ; central pair of tail- 
feathers black_, with a slight margin of yellow towards the end of the outer 
webs ; the next pair blacky the terminal half of the outer web and the tip 
of the inner yellow ; the other feathers yellow^ with black bases ; lores 
blackish ; ear-coverts mixed yellow and ashy. 
The young resemble the female, but have the feathers of the head marked 
with whitish. 
Length 7*3 inches, tail 3*1, wing 3*4, tarsus '65, bill from gape '85. The ' 
female is barely smaller. 
This species appears to be a very distinct one. It differs from P. wan- 
thogaster (P. ardens), its nearest ally, which occurs in the Malay peninsula, 
in being larger and in having the first three primaries in the male 
unmarked with red on the outer web, as against four in P. ccanthog aster . 
Davison's Minivet has been observed in Burmah only in the extreme 
south of Tenasserim, at Bankasoon and Pakchan. Mr. Davison appears to 
have found it common in these localities ; and ray men also got several spe- 
cimens at Malewoon. It occurs in the Malay peninsula ; for Dr. Stoliczka 
notes a bird from Prov. Wellesley which can only be this species; and 
Mr. Hume states that it occurs in the Tonka Islands and Singapore, 
228. PERICROCOTUS SOLARIS. 
THE YELLOW-THROATED MINIVET. 
Pericrocotus Solaris, Bl. J. A. S. B. xv. p. 310 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 422 ; Blanf. 
J. A. S. B. xli. pt. ii. p. 47 ; Sharpe, 8. F. iv. p. 210; Hume, S. F. v. p. 186; 
Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. iv. p. 82 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 91. 
Description. — Male. The lores, the whole upper part of the head, the 
neck, back, scapulars and lesser wing-coverts leaden black ; chin, cheeks 
and ear-coverts grey; throat orange-yellow; remainder of the lower 
plumage, with the rump and upper tail-coverts, scarlet ; greater coverts 
black, tipped with scarlet ; primaries black, all but the first four with a 
red patch; secondaries and tertiaries black, with scarlet bases; central 
tail-feathers black, the outer webs with a narrow red margin on the outer 
web near the tip ; the next pair black, the terminal two thirds of the outer 
web red, as also the tip of the inner web ; the remaining tail-feathers red, 
with black bases. 
Female. Head, neck and upper back ashy ; lower back tinged with 
green ; rump and upper tail-coverts yellowish green ; cheeks, ear-coverts 
and chin light grey ; the whole lower plumage bright yellow ; lesser wing- 
coverts brown, edged with green ; greater coverts brown, tipped with 
