430 PITTIDA 



19. Pitta ussheri. 



Pitta ussheri, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 94, et 1881, p. 798 (Borneo) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1879, p. 2G3 (Borneo) ; Nicholson, Ibis, 1883, p. 88 

 (Borneo) ; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 75. 



Above brownish black glossed with purple ; head black ; narrow 

 post-superciliary stripe pale blue ; wings black ; wing-coverts broadly 

 edged with bhie : beneath, throat and breast brownish black with 

 purple wash ; abdomen dull scarlet ; bill black ; feet brown : whole 

 length 5-5 inches, wing 3'5, tail 1-5. 



Hab. Borneo. 



Nearest to P. venusta, but distinguished by its darker back and 

 throat and the broad blue wing-edgings. 



a. Ad. sk. Lawas r., Borneo ( Us&her)* Purchased. (Type of 



the species.) 



b. Ad. ; c. Pull. sk. Borneo. Gould Coll. 



20. Pitta granatina. 



Pitta granatina, Temm. PI. Col. 506 (1830) ; Less. Tr. d'Orn. p. 395 ; 



Mutt. Sf Schl. Verh. Zool. Pitta, pp. 10, 15, 20; ScMeg. Handl. 



Dierk. i. p. 253 : id. Vog. Ned. Ind. Pitta, pp. 20, 35, pi. v. fig. 3 ; 



id. Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 5 (1863) et p. 9 (1874) ; Blyth, Cat. B. 



Mus. A. S. p. 157 ; id. J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 153 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 213 ; Horsf. et Moore, Cat. B. Mm. E.I. C. i. p. 184; Wallace, 



Ibis, 1864, p. 107 (part.) ; Salvad. Ucc. Bom. p. 242 ; Gould, B. 



Asia, v. pi. 67. 

 Braebyurus granatinus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 255 ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. 



pi. xv. ; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 417 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 10 (Borneo). 

 Erythropitta granatina, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7 ; Walden, Ibis, 



1872, p. 374. 

 Phcenieocichla granatina, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 5 ; Gray, 



Hand-l. i. p. 296. 



Above dull black glossed with purple ; back of crown and nape 

 scarlet ; front of crown and sides of head black ; superciliary stripe 

 behind the eye pale blue ; wings brownish black, coverts and 

 secondaries edged with purplish blue : beneath, throat dark purplish 

 brown ; abdomen dull scarlet ; tail dull black edged with purplish ; 

 bill black ; feet brown : whole length 6 inches, wing 3 - 4, tail 1*5. 

 Female similar. 



Hab. Borneo. 



The bright scarlet cap and purplish back are the distinguishing 

 features of this and the following species. 



a, b. Ad. st. Java (?) Purchased. 



c. $ ad. sk. Sarawak, Borneo. Hume Coll. 



d. $ ad. sk. Paku, Borneo. H. Everett [C.]. 



e. S ad. sk. Bintulu, Borneo. H. Everett [C.J. 



/. $ ad. sk. Sarawak, Borneo. A. R. Wallace [C.l 



g. Ad. sk. Borneo. Cuming Coll. 



h. $ ad. ; i,j. 3 jr. sk. Jambusan, Borneo. Gould Coll. 



k. S ad. sk. Marup, Borneo. Swinhoe Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Borneo {Mus. Lugd.). Gould Coll. 



vi. Ad. sk. Borneo. Gould Coll. 



