2. PITTA. 437 



Brachyurus mackloti, Bp. Consp. i. p. 255 ; Wallace, Ann. N. H. 



ser. 2, xx. p. 477 ; Rosenb. Nat. Tijd&chr. xxv. p. 232 ; id. J. f. O. 



1864, p. 119 ; Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 418. 

 Erythropitta mackloti, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7 ; Gray, Hand-l. 



i. p. 296. 

 Brachvurus (Erythropitta) mackloti, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. 21. 

 Pitta digglesi, Krefft, Ibis, 1869, p. 350. 



Pitta strenua, Gould, MS. ; Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 410 (New Guinea). 

 Pitta novre-hiberniaj, Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 73 



[cf. Salvad. Ibis, 1879, p. 324]. 



Above dull green ; rump, upper tail-coverts, and wing-covert 

 blue ; wing-feathers black, with a large white speculum on the pri- 

 maries ; head reddish browu, with an obscure patch on the vertex, 

 which sometimes becomes bluish : beneath, chin brown, passing 

 into a large black guttural patch ; broad breast-band greyish blue, 

 bordered below by a wide black margin ; abdomen scarlet ; bill 

 horn-colour ; feet brown : whole length 7 inches, wing 4, tail 1*6. 

 Female similar. 



Bab. Waigiou, Salwatti, Mysol, New Guinea, Aru Islands, 

 Cape York, and New Britain. 



This form is closely allied to P. celehensis, but there are only 

 traces of the blue vertical stripe in certain individuals, and this 

 is by no means constant. Curiously enough this feature is most 

 apparent in specimens from the extreme ends of the range, Mysol 

 and New Britain. Besides this the throat is much blacker in P. 

 mackloti, and there are no traces of the blue collar at the back of 

 the neck. 



(Brown), 

 c'. Ad. sk. Loc. ign. Gould Coll. 



