414 riTTrD.a3. 



Type. 



Iridipitta, Bp. ibid. (1854) P. baudii. 



Melanopitta, Bp. ibid. (1854) P. cucullata. 



Coloburis, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 3 (1859) . . P. strepitaus. 

 Phoenicocichla, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 5 (1859) P. granatina. 



Leucopitta, Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 413 P. cyanea. 



Cervinipitta, Elliot, ibid. P. moluccensis. 



Purpureipitta, Elliot, op. cit. p. 416 P. venusta. 



Cyanopitta, Gould, Mon. Pitta, pi. 8 (1880) P. steerii. 



Man} - generic terms, as will be seen, have been proposed for the 

 different sections of the Pittas. But I think it preferable to keep 

 them under one genus, which for the purpose of study may be divided 

 into two divisions and nine sections, as follows : — 



Div. A. PlTT^E ABEBItANTES. 



Size large : crissum not scarlet. 



a. Size large: predominant colour brown : sexes similar. (Hydrornis.) 



p. 414. 



b. Size very large : back of male blue, of female chestnut : sexes 



different. (Giya?itipitta.) p. 416. 



e. Size moderate : back blue, duller in female ; beneath cross-banded ; 



tail rather elongated : sexes slightly different. (Leucopitta.) p. 417. 



Div. B. PlTTiE TYPICiE. 



Size moderate (except in Calopitta) : crissum scarlet 

 (except in Iridipitta). 



d. Size large : upper surface black ; breast white ; crissum scarlet 



sexes alike. (Calopitta.) p. 419. 



e. Cap browu, with a black mesial stripe ; lesser wing-coverts and rump 



blue; breast fawn-colour ; crissum scarlet: sexes similar. (Pitta.) 



p. 419. 



f. Whole abdomen crimson ; bright superciliary stripe pale blue : sexes 



similar. (Pkamicocichla.) p. 429. 



y. Whole abdomen scarlet ; breast-band blue ; head brownish red ; no . 



bright superciliary stripe : sexes similar. (Erythropitta.) p. 432. 

 h. Back bright green, with a rump-band of shining blue ; head black or 



chestnut surrounded by black ; crissum scarlet : sexes similar. 



(Melanopitta.) p. 438. 



i. Cap bright blue ; back crimson ; throat white ; crissum not scarlet : 



sexes different. (Iridipitta.) p. 444. 



a. Size large : predominant colour brown : sexes similar. 

 (Hydrornis.) 



Key to the Species. 



A. Nape blue : 



) belly uniform brown 1. nepalensis, p. 414. 



) belly whitish in middle 2. soror, p. 415. 



B. Nape deep brown 3. oatesi, p. 416. 



1. Pitta nipalensis. 



Paludicola nipalensis, Hodys. J. A. S. B. vi. p. 103 (1837). 

 Heleornis (Paludicola) nipalensis, Ilodqs. in Gray's Zaol. Misc. p. 83 

 (1844). 



