434 PITTIDJE. 



outer web as well ; upper tail-coverts and tail lilac-grey, the latter 

 darker ; forehead and crown, as well as the lores, region of the eye, 

 and ear-coverts dark brown, the latter slightly shaded with an olive 

 tinge ; nape and hind neck dull red ; cheeks ashy brown, with a 

 bluish shade under certain lights, forming a very broad moustache : 

 throat reddish in the centre, brown on the sides, forming a malar 

 stripe ; the fore-neck red with a tinge of lilac ; chest lilac-grey, the 

 sides olive-brown ; remainder of under surface of body scarlet, the 

 sides olive-brown, with which colour the centre of the abdomen 

 is washed ; under tail-coverts scarlet, the longer ones tipped and 

 edged with lilac-blue ; thighs ashy grey ; under wing-coverts dull 

 lilac-blue, some of the outer ones tipped with white ; axillaries 

 olive-brown, like the back ; quills ashy brown below, relieved by the 

 before-mentioned white spots on the primaries. Total length 7*5 

 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 4 - 7, tail 2"2, tarsus 2*1." 



Hah. Luzon, Philippines. 



The large size and dark brown ear-coverts are the distinguishing 

 features of this Pitta. 



27. Pitta ruiiventris. 



Coloburis rufiventris, Cab. et Heine, J. f. O. 1859, p. 406. 



Pitta inornata, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 350. 



Brachvurus rufiventris, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xix. ; id. Pots, 1870, 



p. 418. 

 Pitta rufiventris, Schley. Vog. Ned. lnd. Pitta, pp. 17, 34 ; id. Mas. 



P.-B. Pitta, p. 7 (1863), et p. 12 (1874); id. Ned. Tijdschr. iii. 



p. 189; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, pp. 105, 106; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Genov. vii. p. 777, xvi. p. 185 ; id. Orn. Pap. ii. p. 401. 

 Erythropitta rufiventris, Gray, Hand-l. i. p. 296. 



Above dull green, rump blue ; head reddish brown ; wing-feathers 

 black, with a white speculum on the primaries, secondaries and 

 coverts edged with bluish green ; tail blackish with blue edgings : 

 beneath, throat brown, broad breast-band blue narrowly margined 

 with blackish below; abdomen scarlet: bill horn-colour ; feet 

 brown : whole length 7 inches, wing 3 - 5, tail 1*5. Female similar. 



Bab. Batchian and Halmaheira (Gilolo), also Dammar and Obi. 



The combination of the uniform reddish head with an earthy- 

 brown throat and green back distinguishes this species. 



a, b. 3 ad. sk. Batchian. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



(Types of P. inornata ?) 

 c, d. Ad. sk. Batchian ( Wallace). Gould Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Batchian. Purchased. 



f. $ ad. sk. Batchian. H. Seebohm, Esq. 



[P.]. 



g. Jr. sk. Gilolo {Bernstein). Gould Coll. 



h. S ad. ; i. Ad. Gilolo. A. R. Wallace [C.]. 



j. $'ad.; k. Ad. Gilolo ( Wallace). Gould Coll. 



sk. 

 1. Jr. sk. Celebes (?). Gould Coll. 



