2. pitta. 413 



1. Anthocincla phayrii. 



Anthocincla phayrii, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxi. p. 343 ; id. B. Burm. 



p. 100 ; Hume, Sir. F. hi. p. 109, pi. ii., et viii. p. 94 ; Hume # 

 Dav.Str. F. vi. p. 245; Bingham, ,Str. F. ix. pp. 177, 474: Oates, 

 B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 420. 



Above clear brown ; centre line of head, broadening on the nape, 

 black, bordered on each side with light brown ; long superciliaries, 

 widened behind the eye and much lengthened, white with black 

 edgings, bordered below by a black line which joins the nape ; wing- 

 feathers blackish ; wing-coverts brown, with black subapical cross 

 bands and bright rufous tips ; tail earthy brown : beneath clear 

 bright brown, with black spots on the sides of the throat and flanks ; 

 middle of throat white ; crissum dull pink ; bill black ; feet clear 

 brown : whole length 8-2 inches, wing 4, tail 2. Female similar, 

 but without the black on the head and nape, and much more spotted 

 beneath. 



Hab. Tenasserim and Karen Hills. 



a. $ ad. sk. Quaymooeky, Thoungyeen R., Hume Coll. 



Tenasserim (C. T. Bing- 

 ham). 



b. <$ ad. sk. Meplay River, Thoungyeen Hume Coll. 



Valley, Tenasserim (C. T. 



Bingham). 

 c 2 ad. sk. Meplay River, Thoungyeen R. B. Sharpe [P.]. 



Valley, Tenasserim (C. T. 



Bingham). 

 d,e. ,5 $ ad. sk. Meplay River, Thoungyeen Purchased. 



Valley, Tenasserini (C. T. 



Bingham). 



f. <S ad. sk. Sinzaway Forests, Tenasserim Hume Coll. 



(C. T. Bingham). 



g. S ad. sk. Dargwin, Salween District Hume Coll. 



(W. Davison), 

 h. $ ad. sk. Wimpong, Thatone, Tenas- Hume Coll. 



serim ( TV. Davison), 

 i. Ad. sk. Karen Hills ( Wardlaw Bam- Tweeddale Coll. 



say). 



2. PITTA* 



Pitta Vieill. Analyse, p. 42 (1816) P. brachvura. 



Myothera, Cuv. R'egn. An. i. p. 356 (1817) P. brachvura 



Brachyurus, Thunb. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1821, p. 370. . P. brachvura! 

 Citta, Wag I. Sust. Ac, gen. Corvus (1827) (tiec Boie, 



v l 8 f 6) , • • rr V ■ ■ V P - toacbyura. 



Faludicola, Hodgs. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vi. p. 103 



TJ ^ 837 A •■•,••;•; P. nipalensis. 



Hydromis, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xii. p. 960(1843) P. nipalensis 



Heleornis, Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844) P. nipalensis' 



Gigantipitta, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7 (1854) P carulea 



Erythropitta, Bp. ibid. (1854) P. mac kloti. 



* Cf. as to this name, Scl. Ibis, 1877, p. 260. 



