THE FIERY MINIVET. 
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yellow ; wings dark brown_, the marks being yellow instead of scarlet^ but 
similar in shape to those of the male ; tail as in the male^ but the scarlet 
replaced by yellow. 
The bill_, legs, feet and claws black j the irides deep brown. [Davison,] 
Length 7 inches^ tail 4, wing 3'4_, tarsus 'Q, bill from gape '6. The 
female is the same size. 
A very closely allied species occurs in China — P. griseogularis , Gould. 
It will most probably be found to occur in Burmah. It has the entire 
throat grey and the upper plumage darker than in P. Solaris. 
The Yellow-throated Minivet has been procured in Pegu by myself near 
the village of Kyeikpadeiri. It seems to be very rare in this part of the 
province. Mr. Davison procured it in Tenasserim near Thatone and round 
the base of Mooleyit mountain. 
Out of Burmah it is found in the hill- tracts of Eastern Bengal and^ 
according to Dr. Jerdon^ in Assam. It has frequently been got in Sikhim^ 
and it extends into Nipal. Major Biddulph procured one specimen in 
Cashmeer. 
229. PERICROCOTUS IGNEUS. 
THE FIERY MINIVET. 
Pericrocotus igneus, Bl. J. A. S. B. xv. p. 309 ; Sahad. Ucc. Born. p. 144 ; Sharpe, 
S. F. iv. p. 209 ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 105 ; Hume, S. F. v. p. 190, viii. 
p. 91 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. iv. p. 78 ; Wardlaiv Ramsay, Tweedd. Mem., 
App. p. 656. Pericrocotus minutus, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1849, pi. 
Description. — Male. The whole head, chin, throat, back, scapulars and 
lesser wing-coverts glossy black ; the remainder of the lower plumage, the 
rump and upper tail-coverts crimson; greater coverts black, tipped with 
crimson ; primaries black, all but the first four with scarlet marks across 
them j secondaries black, with orange bases ; tertiaries wholly black ; under 
wing-coverts and axillaries yellow, tipped with red; central tail-feathers 
black; the next pair black, with some red at the tip; the remaining 
feathers red, except the bases, which are black. 
Female. The forehead, feathers round the eye, the under wing-coverts 
and all the lower plumage bright yellow ; crown of the head, back, wing- 
coverts and scapulars ashy, tinged with green ; rump and upper tail-coverts 
bright scarlet ; wing as in the male, the scarlet being replaced by orange- 
yellow ; tail as in the male, but the red paler. 
Length 6*5 inches, tail 3, wing 3, tarsus -6, bill from gape '7. The 
female is of about the same size. 
The Fiery Minivet has been found in the extreme south of Tenasserim 
in the neighbourhood of Pakchan, where it was procured by Mr. Davison. 
