426 PITTID^E. 



very close ; but I should like to see a better series from Borneo before 

 I join together two species from such different localities. 



a. Ad. sk. N.W. Borneo. Sir II. Low [C.]. 



13. Pitta vigorsi. 



Pitta brachyura, Viy. et Horsf. Trans. Linn. Sue. xv. p. 218 (1826) ; 



Meyer, Sitz. Isis, 1884, p. 43 (Dammar), 

 ritta'vigorsi, Gould, B. Austr. iv. pi. 2 ; id. Intr. B. Austr. p. 54 ; 



id. Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 527 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 213 ; Mull. 8f 



Schl. Verh. Pitta, p. 17 ; Wallace, P. Z. S. 1802, p. 188; id. Ibis, 



1864, pp. 104, 100 ; Schley. Voy. Ned. hid. Pitta, p. 14, pi. 3. tig. 4 ; 



id. Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 11 (1803), etp. 15 (1874) ; Meyer, Zeitschr. 



yes. Orn. 1884, p. 210 (Tiiuor-laut) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Genoa, xvi. p. 185 ; id. Orn. Pap. ii. p. 392 ; id. P. Z. S. 1884, 



p. 579 (Timor-laut). 

 Brachyurus vigorsi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 255 ; id. Consp. Vol. Anisod. 



p. 7 ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. vii. ; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 415. 

 Coloburis vigorsi, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hem. ii. p. 4. 



Above dark green ; crown, sides of head, and nape black, traversed 

 by two long superciliary stripes from the front to nape, which aro 

 pale fawn-colour tinged with bluish ; remiges black, with a broad 

 white cross-baud : larger coverts and secondaries green, like the 

 back ; lesser wing-coverts and rump bright light blue : beneath 

 deep ochraceous, throat whitish ; centre of abdomen and crissum 

 scarlet, darker and mixed with black on the abdomen ; tail black, 

 tipped with blue ; bill black ; feet pale : whole length 6-7 inches, 

 wing 4"4, tail 1*7. 



Hub. Banda Islands, and Timor-laut. 



A very distinct species, easily known by its black crown and deep 

 ochraceous colour below. 



a. Ad. sk. East Indies. Linn. Soc. ColL 



(Type of the species.) 



b. $ ad. sk. Banda. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



14. Pitta concinna. 



Pitta concinna, Gould, P. Z. 8. 1857, p. 65 ; id. B. Neiv Guinea, 

 pt. ix. pi. 6 ; Schley. Voy. Ned. hid. Pitta, p. 12, pi. 3. fig. 1 ; 

 id. Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 10 (1863), et p. 14 (1874); Wallace, 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 485 ; id. Ibis, 1864, p. 106. 



Pitta mathilda, Verreavx, Rev. Zool. 1857, p. 303, pi. xi. 



Brachyurus concinnus, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. x. ; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 416. 



Brachyurus vigorsi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 255 (err.). 



Above dark green, crown, sides of the head, and nape black ; broad 

 superciliaries from front to over the eye light brown, behind the eye 

 narrowed, pale bluish ; remiges black, with a small white speculum ;• 

 larger coverts and secondaries green, like the back ; smaller coverts 

 and rump bright blue ; tail black, tipped with greenish : beneath 

 pale fawn-colour : throat black, projected in the middle line down 

 the neck ; middle of belly and crissum scarlet, darker and varied with 



