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PITTA GRANATINA COCCINEA Eyton 



Pitta coccinea Eyton, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839, p. 104 (Malacca), 



One female, Rumpin River, Pabang, July 16, 1902, collected by 

 Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



The range of this pitta is from southern Tenasserim southward 

 to Singapore. Though it has been taken not uncommonly in the 

 Malay States, I have seen no records from Peninsular Siam, but it 

 must occur there, however, since it is found in Tenasserim. 



In Borneo the related form, P. g. granatina Temminck, is found. 



PITTA CUCULLATA CUCULLATA Hartlaub 



Pitta cucullata Hartlaub, Rev. Zool., 1843, p. 65 (Malacca). 



One male, Koh Kut, May 24, 1929; one male, Kao Sabap, June 30, 

 1931. 



This form very probably occurs nearly all over Siam, but so far 

 as Icnown to me it has never been taken in northern or eastern Siam. 

 Most of the records come from Peninsular Siam, where it is migratory, 

 according to Robinson and Kloss.*^ 



It breeds in southeastern Siam, as Herbert *** reports a set of four 

 eggs taken by his collector at Hupbon, June 27, and gives a description 

 of the eggs. 



The United States National Museum possesses a male from south- 

 west of Laichau, Tonldn, taken May 27. It is varleys green above, 

 while the two males from southeastern Siam are hellebore green on 

 the upperparts; the pilcum is a brighter, more russet brown, the black 

 neck band is broader, and the shoulder patch and rump are a brighter, 

 deeper blue, also. It measures: Wing, 109.5; culmen, 23 mm. The 

 two males from southeastern Siam measure: Wing, 108-118; culmen, 

 21.5-23 mm. 



The range of the present form extends from the IlimaJayas of 

 Nepal to eastern Assam, eastern Bengal, Burma, Siam, and Tonkin 

 and south through Peninsular Siam to the Malay States and Sumatra. 



In the Nicobars a related form, P. c. abbotti Richmond, is found; 

 P. c. hangkana Schlegel occurs on Banka and Billiton. 



PITTA SORDIDA MULLERI (Bonaparte) 



Brachyurus mulleri Bonaparte, Conspectus generum avium, vol. 1, p. 256, 1850 

 (Celebes, error; Borneo). 



One male, Bangnara, Patani, July 18, 1926. 



This bird apparently has not been recorded before from Siam or the 

 Malay States. It is readily distinguished from P. c. cucullata by 

 having the pileum entirely black. 



•' Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Slam, vol. 5, p. 221, 1924. 

 M Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 6, p. 207, 1924. 



