2. PITTA. 



441 



The very narrow rump-band and dark belly readily distinguish 

 this species from the three preceding. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b, c. <5 ad. sk. 

 d. Ad. sk. 

 e,f. J ad. ; g. 



2 ad. sk. 

 h-m. Ad. sk. 

 n. Ad. sk. 

 o. Ad. sk. 

 p. J ad. sk. 

 q. d ad. sk. 

 r. Ad. sk. 

 s. Ad. sk. 



Aleya, S.E. New Guinea 



(Dr. James). 

 Dorey, N. Guinea. 

 New Guinea ( Wallace). 

 Aru Islands. 



Aru Islands. 



Salwatti. 



Salwatti. 



Mysol (Rosenberg). 



Mysol. 



Gagie Island. 



New Guinea (?). 



Gould Coll. 



A. R. Wallace [C.]. 



Gould Coll. 



A. E. Wallace [C.]. 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 A. R. Wallace [C.]. 

 Purchased. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



37. Pitta mafoorana. 



Pitta novae-guinea? mafoorana, Schleg. Mm. P.-B. Pitta (1874), 



p. 8 ; Meyer in Hotel. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 268. 

 Pitta maf'oreana, Beccari, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vii. p. 709 ; id. 



Ibis, 1876, p. 248. 

 Pitta maforensis, Gould, B. New Guinea, pt. vii. pi. 5. 

 Pitta mafoorana, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xvi. p. 184 ; id. 



Orn. Pap. ii. p. 386. 



Similar to P. novce-guinecB, but without any white speculum ; 

 tail black, tipped with green ; greater tail-coverts black, edged with 

 blue, smaller tail-coverts pale metallic green ; blue on the abdomen 

 darker. (ScJdegel.) 



Hab. Mafoor Islands, Bay of Geelvink. 



38. Pitta rosenbergi. 



Pitta rosenbergi, Schleg. Ned. Tijdschr. iv. p. 16 (1873) ; id. Mus. 

 P.-B. Pitta (1874), p. 8 ; Rosenb. Reist. n. d. Geehinkb. p. 138 ; 

 Beccari, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. vii. p. 709 ; id. Ibis, 1876, p. 247 ; 

 Gould, B. New Guin. pt. iv. pi. 2 ; Rowley, Orn. 3Iisc. ii. p. 264, 

 pi. lxii. ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xvi. p. 184 ; id. Orn. Pap. 

 ii. p. 387. 



Similar to P. novce-guinece, but sides of the abdomen deep purple, 

 tail and greater tail-coverts black, and black of the throat rather 

 more extended over the neck. 



Bab. Misori and Soek Islands, New Guinea. 



a. 2 Ad. sk. Kordo, Misori I., Bay of Gould Coll. 



Geelvink (Meyer). 



b. Ad. sk. Soek I., Bay of Geelvink Goidd Coll. 



(Meyer). 



c. c? ad. sk. Soek I., Bay of Geelvink Tweeddale Coll. 



(Meyer). 



