2. pitta. 439 



and crissum scarlet ; under wing-coverts black ; bill black ; feet 

 dark brown : whole length G-5 inches, wing 4-5, tail 1-4. Female 

 similar. 



Hab. Philippines. 



The amount of white in the wing-end varies much, even in 

 individuals from the same locality. 



a. Ad. sk. Manila, Luzon {Maitland- Tweeddale Coll. 



Heriot). 



b. S ad. sk. Luzon {Meyer). Tweeddale Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Negros {Meyer). Tweeddale Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Basilan. Prof. Steere [C.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Zamboanga, Mindanao. A. Everett [C.]. 

 f-m. £ ad. ; n- Zamboanga, Mindanao Tweeddale Coll. 



p. 2 ft d. sk. {Everett). 



q. Jr. sk. Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Prof. Steere [C.]. 



r-t. Ad. sk. Philippines. Gould Coll. 



u. Ad. sk. Philippines. Purchased. 



v. Ad. st. Caruiguin, Philippine Islands. Purchased. 



w. Jr. st. Philippine Islands {Cuming). Purchased. 



34. Pitta muelleri. 



Pitta atricapilla, MM. $■ Sehl. Verli. Zool. Pitta, pp. 8, 19 ; MM. 

 Verh. Ethn. p. 405; Horsf. et Moore, Cat. B. Mas. E.I. Co. 

 i. p. 399; Schl. Handl. Dierk. i. p. 254; id. Vog. Ned. Ind. Pitta, 

 p. 6, pi. ii. figs. 2, 3 ; id. Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 3 (1863), et p. 5 

 (1874) ; Pelz. Novara-Reise, Vog. pp. 70, 161 ; Goidd, B. Asia, 

 v. pi. 76. 



Brachyurus muelleri, Bp. Consp. i. p. 266 ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xxvi. ; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 104 (Labuan) ; id. Ibis, 1877, p. 10 

 (Borneo). 



Pitta muelleri, Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 215 ; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 106 ; 

 Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 62 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 240 ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 263 ; id. P. Z S. 1879, p. 346 ( Labuan), et 

 1881, p. 798 (Borneo) ; Nichols. Ibis, 1882, p. 63 (Sumatra), et 

 1883, p. 88 (Borneo) ; Guilkmard, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 413. 



Coloburis muelleri, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 4. 



Melanopitta muelleri, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7; Walden, Ibis, 

 1872, p. 374. 



Brachyurus sordidus, Elliot, Pois, 1870, p. 419 (part.). 



Pitta malaccensis, Mull. $• Schl. Verh. Zool. Pitta, p. 19. 



Similar to P. atricapilla, but of rather larger dimensions. 

 Hab. Borneo, Sumatra, and Banka. 



a. Ad. ; b. Jr. st. Borneo. Purchased. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Bintulu, Borneo. Purchased. 



d, e. d2 a d- sk. Marup, Borneo. Tweeddale Coll. 



f. Jr. sk. Lawas River, Borneo. II. Veitch, Esq. [P.]. 



y. Ad sk. Sarawak, Borneo. Tweeddale Coll. 



/*. $ jr. sk. J ambusan, Borneo. Gould Coll. 



i,j. Ad. sk. Borneo. J. Gould, Esq. 



k-p. Ad. sk. Labuan {Loiv). H. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



q. Jr. sk. Labuan. Sir H. Low [C.]. 



