416 PITTID.ffi. 



Hob. Saigon (?). 



It is not possible to express any opinion on this species until the 

 receipt of further specimens. 



a. Jr. sk. Saigon F Tweeddale Coll. 



(Type of the species. ) 



3. Pitta oatesi. 



Hydrornis oatesi, Hume, Str. F. i. p. 477, et viii. p. 93 ; Wald. in 

 Blyth, B. Burm. p. 98 ; Hume et Dav. Str. F. vi. p. 237 ; Oates, 

 B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 411 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ser. 2, v. 

 p. 573 (Tenasserim). 



Above dull green ; whole head and nape rich rufous ; wings 

 blackish, with pale brownish edgings ; tail brown, tinged with pale 

 greenish : beneath rich rufous, passing into deep buff on the middle 

 of belly and crissum ; middle of throat whitish ; bill horn-colour ; 

 feet pale brown : whole length 9*5 inches, wing 4*7, tail 2*5, tarsi 2. 

 Female similar, but paler beneath. 



Hab. Pegu and Tenasserim. 



a, b. S 2 ad. Eastern slopes of Pegu hills. E. W. Oates [C.]. 



sk. 



e. rf ad. ; d. Eastern Pegu hills (E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



Ad. sk. 



e. $ ad.sk. Mooleyit, Tenasserim( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



/. c? ad. ; q. Assoon, Tenasserim ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



2 ad. sk. 



/*. 2 ad. sk. Assoun, Tenasserim (Limbory). Tweeddale Coll. 



i. 2 ad. ; /. 2 Thoungyah, Tenasserim {J. Dar- Hume Coll. 



jr. sk. linij). 



k-r. S ad. ; Meetan, Tenasserim ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



s-a'. $ ad. sk. 



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

 (Gir/antipitta.) 



Although obviously allied to the birds of the previous section, this 

 fine bird seems entitled to stand alone. 



4. Pitta caerulea. 



Myiothera cterulea, Baffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 301 (1822). 

 Pitta caerulea, Via. Mem. Raffles, p. 659 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 213 ; 



Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 156 ; Horsf. et Moore, Cat. B. 



E. 1. C. p. 181 ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 273 ; Schley. Voy. Ned. 



Lid, Pitta, p. 2, pi. i. figs. 1, 2, 3 ; id. Mus. F.-B. Pitta, 1863, 



p. 1, 1874, p. 4; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 108; Hume et Dav. Str. F. 



vi. p. 238 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 94 ; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 81 ; 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 798 (Borneo) ; Nicholson, Ibis, 1883, p. 88. 

 Hydrornis caerulea, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hem. ii. p. 5. 

 Erachyurus cseruleus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 153 ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 253 1 Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 412. 

 Gigantipitta caerulea, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7 ; Oates, B. Brit. 



Burm. i. p. 413. 



