2. pitta. 433 



e,f. S 2 a< i. ; ff- 2 j r - Zamboanga, Mindanao Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. (Everett), 



h. Ad. sk. Basilan (Everett), Tweeddale Coll. 



i,j. Ad. ; k. Jr. sk. Manila, Luzon. Tweeddale Coll. 



1. Ad. sk. Philippines. J. Gould, Esq. 



m-o. Ad. sk. Philippines. Gould Coll. 



24. Pitta propinqua. 



Brachyurus propinquus, Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. i. 

 p. 330. 



Similar to P. erytliroc/astra, but back and scapulars cobalt-blue 

 with a greenish band across ; throat entirely brownish black, 

 becoming jet-black on the fore-neck; chest bright blue, sides only 

 greenish. (Sharpe.) 



Hah. Philippines, Mindanao. 



Only two specimens obtained by Prof. Steere, of which the one in 

 the Collection is immature. 



a. <$ jr. sk. Dumalon, Philippines. Prof. Steere [C.]. (Typical 



specimen.) 



25. Pitta caeruleitorques. 



Pitta casrulitorques, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. ix. p. 53 (1876) ; 

 Roicley, Orn. Misc. ii. p. 324, pi. lxiv. ; Gould, B. N. Guin. 

 pt. vii. pi. 4. 



Similar to P. erythrogastra, but cap of a uniform red, which 

 colour becomes very bright on the neck : the two obscure bands on 

 the sides of the cap absent ; the sides of the head and the throat of 

 a reddish brown ; the blue of the breast more extended trans- 

 versely, and divided from the red of the abdomen by a distinct 

 black band ; the dimensions rather larger. 



Hob. Petta, Sanghir Islands. 



26. Pitta kochi. 



Pitta kochi, Bruqqem, Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, v. p. 65, pi. iii. 



fig. 6 ; Ousialei,' Bull. Soc. Phil. se"r. 7, vi. p. 256 ; Gould, B. Asia, 



v. pi. 71. 

 Erythropitta kochi, Tiveedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 430, pi. xxvi. 



This species was based on a specimen in the Darmstadt Museum, 

 of which Mr. Gould gives the subjoined description : — 



" General colour above dull olive-brown, with somewhat of a 

 ruddy tint on the sides of the neck and mantle ; wing-coverts lilac- 

 grey, the primary-coverts and quills blackish brown ; the primaries 

 externally greyish towards their ends ; the secondaries and inner 

 greater coverts olive-brown, washed with lilac-grey on the outer 

 webs; the second, third, and fourth primaries with a large white 

 spot on the inner web, the last-named having the white spot on the 



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