430 pittid^;. 



30. Pitta celebensis. 



Pitta celebensis, Westerm. Bijdr. t. d, Dierh. i. p. 46, Pitta, pi. 3 ; 



Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 213 ; Wallace, Ibis, 1860, p. 142, et 1864, 



p. 106 ; Schleg. Vog. Ned. Ind. Pitta, p. 17, pi. 4. fig. 4 ; id. Mus. 



P.-B. Pitta, p. 6 (1863), et p. 10 (1874) ; Gould, B. Neio Guin. 



pt. vii. pi. 6 ; Briigg. Abh, not. Ver. Bremen, v. p. 64 (Celebes) ; 



Guillemard, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 552 (Celebes) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 



Civ. Genov. vii. p. 663. 

 Braclmirus celebensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 255 ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. 



pi. xvii. ; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 418. 

 Ervthropitta celebensis, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7 ; Meyer, Ibis, 



1879, p. 126. 



Above dull green ; slight cervical collar and rump blue ; head 

 reddish brown, with a blue vertical stripe ; wing-feathers black, with 

 a white speculum on the primaries, coverts edged with blue ; tail 

 black, edged with bluish : beneath, throat brown, passing into a 

 black neck-patch ; broad pectoral band greyish blue, passing into 

 green at the sides and bordered below by a chestnut-black band ; 

 abdomen scarlet ; bill horn-colour ; feet brown : whole length 7 

 inches, wing 4, tail l - 6. Female similar. 



Hab. Celebes. 



a, b. <$ $ ad. sk. Menado, N. Celebes. A. R. Wallace [C.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Menado, Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 



d, e. c? 2 ad. sk. Macassar, Celebes. A. P. Wallace [C.]. 

 f-h. Ad. sk. Celebes. Gould Coll. 



i. d ad. sk. Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 



j. Ad. sk. S.W. Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 



31. Pitta palliceps. 



Pitta palliceps, Bruggem. Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, v. p. 64. 



Nearest to P. celebensis, but rather smaller, bill longer and 

 differently shaped ; head very bright ; nape rusty yellowish ; no 

 black band on the breast. (Briiggemaim.) 



Hab. Siao, Sanghir Islands. 



32. Pitta mackloti. 



Pitta mackloti, Temm. PI. Col. 547 (1834) ; Mull. # Schleg. Verh. 

 Zool. Pitta, pp. 12, 18 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 213 ; id. P. Z. S. 

 1858, p. 175, 1859, p. 155, 1861, p. 434 ; id. Cat, B. New Guinea, 

 p. 26 ; Sclat. Proc. Linn. Soc. ii. p. 158 ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 99 

 (New Britain) ; Schkg. Vog. Ned. Ind. Pitta, p. 15, pi. 4. fig. 3; 

 id. Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 7 (1863) et p. 10 (1874) ; id, Ned, Tijdschr. 

 iii. pp. 188, 189; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, pp. 102, 105, 106; Krefft, 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 319 (Cape York) ; Gould, Suppl. B. Austral. 

 pi. 29; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vii. p. 778, x. p. 128, xiv. 

 p. 656, xvi. p. 185 ; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 324 ; id, Orn. Pap. ii. p. 395 ; 

 Ramsay, Proc. Linn, Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 187, iii. p. 277, iv. p. 98 ; 

 Guillemard, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 643 (Salwatti, Waigiou, Mysol) ; 

 Nehrkorn, J.f. O. 1885, p. 33 (eggs). 



