422 pittidjs. 



Similar to P. eyanoptera, but with a much larger bill. 

 Hah. Tenasserim and Malay peninsula. 



a. Ad. sk. Rangoon. E. W. Oates [C.]. 



b. cJ ad. ; c. $ Amherst, Tenasserim (W. Hume Coll. 

 jr. sk. Davison). 



d. c? ad. sk. Skymootee, Tavoy ( W. Davi- Hume Coll. 



son). 



e. S ad. sk. Malewoon, Tanasserim ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison). 



f. 2 ad. sk. Choulai Creek, Mergui ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison). 



g. J ad. sk. Wippitan, Tenasserim ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison), 

 h, i. 2 ad. sk. Tapraw, Island of Tonkah (J. Hume Coll. 



Darling). 

 j-1: <3 ad.; m. $ Kossoom (/. Darling). Hume Coll. 



ad. sk. 

 n. $ ad. sk. Kossoom (J. Darling). Gould Coll. 



o,p. J ad. sk. Johore, Malay Peninsida ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison). 



9. Pitta angolensis. 



Pitta angolensis, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. iv. p. 35G (1816) ; id. Ene. Meth, 

 p. 685 ; Hartl. Orn. West-Afr. p. 74 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 213 ; 

 Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 46; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 12 

 (1863), et p. 15 (1874) ; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 105 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1869, p. 187 (Fantee) ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 56 (Gold Coast) v 



Brackvurus angolensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 255 ; id. C'onsp. Vol. Anisod. 

 p. 7 ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. v. ; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 414. 



Pitta pulih, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 190 ; Allen $ Thorns. Niger 

 Exp. ii. p. 495 ; MM. $ Schl. Verh. Zool. Pitta, p. 18. 



Above dark green ; broad vertical band black, bordered on each 

 side by a light brown stripe, which passes into whity-brown on the 

 lengthened superciliari.es ; sides of head black ; wings and tail 

 blackish ; wing-coverts greenish, with broad terminations of bright 

 blue ; rump bright blue : beneath cinereous fawn-colour, throat 

 white ; belly scarlet ; under wing-coverts and under surface of 

 wings black, with a white cross band on the inner webs of the 

 wing-feathers ; bill black ; feet yellow : whole length 7 - 5 inches, 

 wing 4-3, tail 1*7. Female similar. 



Hab. Tropical Africa. 



The occurrence of a single typical Pitta in Africa is one of the 

 most remarkable facts in geographical distribution, all the remain- 

 ing species being exclusively Oriental and Australian forms. 



R. B. Sharpe. 

 R. B. Sharpe. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Purchased. 

 Purchased. 



