2. TITTA. 



431 



21 . Pitta coccinea. 



Fitta coccinea, Eyton, P. Z. 8. 1839, p. 104 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. 



p. 9G1 ; Hume et Dav. Str. F. vi. p. 511 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. 



p. 94 ; Oates, B. Br. Bwm. i. 419; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 68. 

 Pitta granatina, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 274 ; Moore et Horsf, Cat. 



B. Mus. F.I. C. i. p. 184 ; Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 509 (Malacca) ; 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 432 (Perak). 



Similar to P. granatina, but with only a narrow black front. 

 Hab. Malay Peninsula and Tenasserim. 



a. 3 ad. sk. Klang, Salangore ( W. Davison). 



b. d ad. sk. Malacca. 

 c-h. Ad. sk. Malacca. 



i,j. .Ad. sk. Malacca (Maingay). 



k, I. Ad. sk. Malacca. 



m, n. Ad. sk. Malacca {Cantor). 



o. Pull. sk. Malacca. 



p, q. Ad. sk. Singapore. 



r. $ ad. sk. Mt. Ophir, Malacca ( Wardlato- 



Ramsay). 



s. J ad. sk. Larut Hills, Perak. 



t-v. c? ad. ; Joliore, Malay Peninsula ( W. Davi- 



x-z. J ad. sk. son). 



Hume Coll. 



A. R. Wallace [C.]. 



Hume Coll. 



Swinhoe Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



India Mus. 



P. L. Sclater [P.]. 



Hume Coll. 



Swinhoe Coll. 



L. Wray [~C.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



22. Pitta arcuata. 



Pitta (Phcenicocickla) arquata, Gould, Ann. N. II. ser. 4, vii. p. 340 



(1871). 

 Phcenicoeichla arquata, Gray, Hand-l. iii. p. 344 ; Gould, Mon. 



Pitt. pi. 9. 

 Pitta arquata, Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 69. 

 Pitta arcuata, Salvad. Ucc: Born. p. 241 ; S/iarpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 263 



(Borneo) ; Everett, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 503 (Kinabulu). 



Above dull green ; whole crown and nape and neck above dull 

 scarlet ; post-superciliary stripe bright blue ; lores and sides of 

 head reddish brown ; wings dull black, secondaries edged with 

 bluish grey, greater coverts tipped with blue ; tail blackish, edged 

 with blue : beneath, throat reddish brown, passing into dull scarlet 

 on the neck, below which is a bright blue pectoral band ; abdomen 

 scarlet ; bill blackish ; feet brown : whole length 6 inches, wing 

 3-3, tail 1-5. 



Hab. Borneo. 



The bright blue pectoral band formed by pointed tips to blackish 

 feathers renders this species easily distinguishable. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b. cJ ad. sk. 



Borneo. 

 Sarawak 



Could Coll. (Type 



of the species.) 

 Swinhoe Coll. 



