2. PITTA. 419 



d. Size large : upper surface black ; breast white. (Calopilta.) 



This is perhaps the finest and most brilliant form of the whole 

 group ; and, though allied to the next section, must staud alone. 



6. Pitta maxima. 



Pitta maxima, MiUl. et Schleq. Verh. Zool. Pitta, p. 14 ; Gray, Gen. 



B. i. p. 213 ; id. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 351 ; Westerman, Bijdr. t. d. 



Dierk. i. p. 45, Pitta, pi. 1 ; Schleg. Handl. t. d. Dierk.' \. p. 253, 



Aves, pi. 2. fig. 21 : id. Vog. Ned. hid. Pitta, p. 4, pi. i. fig. 4 ; id. 



Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 2 (1863), et p. 4 (1874) ; id. Ned. Tijdschr. 



Dierk. iii. p. 189; Wallace, Ibis, 1859, p. 112, 1860, p. 197, 1864, 



pp. 103, 105, 108; Bernst. Nat. Tijdschr. Dierk. ii. p. 373; Salvad. 



Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vii. p. 772, xvi. p. 184 ; id. Om. Pap. 



ii. p. 378 ; Gould, B. New Gain. pt. ii. pi. 5. 

 Brachvurus maximus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 253; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. 



pi. xii. ; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 413. 

 Gigantipitta maxima, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7. 

 Leucopitta maxima, Gould, Mon. Pitt. pi. 7. 



Above velvety black ; wings black, with a white band across the 

 primaries ; wing-coverts bright blue ; secondaries edged with green ; 

 tail black : beneath white, chin and sides of throat black : middle of 

 belly and crissum crimson ; under wing-coverts black ; bill black ; 

 feet brown : whole length 11 inches, wing 5 - 5, tail 3, tarsus 2*5. 

 Female similar. 



Hub. Gilolo. 



a, b. 3 2 a d. ; Gilolo. A. R. Wallace [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. Gilolo ( Wallace). Purchased. 



e. 3 ad. sk. Gilolo. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Gilolo. Gould Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. Gilolo ( Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



e. Cap brown, with a black mesial stripe ; lesser wing-coverts 

 and rump blue ; breast fawn-colour ; crissum scarlet : sexes 

 similar. (Pitta.) 



Key to t7ie Section. 



A. Upper wing-coverts and rump dark purplish 



blue. 



J Bill smaller 7. cyanoptera, p. 420. 



| Bill larger 8. meyarhyncha, p. 421. 



B. Upper wing-eo verts and rump bright light blue. 



a. Throat white. 



a'. Whole belly scarlet 9. angolensis, p. 422. 



b'. Only middle of belly scarlet. 



a". Wings tipped with white 10. brachyura, p. 423. 



b". "Wings not tipped with white. 

 «'". Breast pale greenish grey : 

 crown brown, with a black mesial 

 stripe : 



I chin white 11. nympha, p. 425. 



) chin blackish 12. bertce, p. 425. 



2 e 2 



