442 PITTID.E. 



39. Pitta forsteni. 



Pitta melanocephala, Miitt. $ Sohl, Verh. Zool. Pitta, p. 19 ; Westerm. 



Bijdr. t. d. Dierk. i. p. 46, Pitta, pi. 2 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 214 ; 



Schley. Voq. Ned. Ind. Pitta, p. 3, pi. 2. fig. 1 ; id. Mus. P.-B. 



Pitta, p. 4 (1863), et p. 9 (1874) ; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 106. 

 Brachyurus forsteni, Bp. Consp. i. p. 2-36 ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xxiv. ; 



id. Ibis, 1870, p. 419. 

 Melanopitta forsteni, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7; Meyer, Ibis, 



1879, p. 126. 

 Pitta forsteni, Gould, B. Neio Guinea, pt. i. pi. 7. 



Above green ; whole head, neck, and throat black ; lesser wing- 

 coverts and rurnp-band bright silver- blue; tail above green; wing- 

 feathers black ; abdomen green like the back, but rather clearer, 

 with a black median patch ; lower belly and crissum scarlet ; under 

 wing-coverts black ; bill black ; feet pale brown : whole length 7*5 

 inches, wing 4-7, tail 1-8. Female similar. 



Hub. Celebes. 



Immediately distinguishable by its large size, green tail, and 

 uniform black remiges. 



a. Ad. sk. Meuado, Celebes. Gould Coll. 



b, c. Jr. sk. Celebes (?). Gould Coll. 



40. Pitta steerii. 



Brachyurus steerii, Shaiye, Nature, xiv. p. 297 (1876) ; id. Trans. 



Linn. S'oc. ser. 2, Zool. i. p. 329, t. xlix. 

 Melanopitta steerii, Tioeedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 949 (Zamboanga). 

 Pitta steerii, Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 74. 

 Cyanopitta steerii, Gould, Mon. Pitta, pi. 8. 



Above green : whole head and nape above black ; wing-coverts 

 and rump-band bright silver-blue ; tail black : beneath, throat white, 

 abdomen bright silver-blue ; middle of belly jet-black ; crissum 

 scarlet ; under wing-coverts black ; bill black ; feet brown : whole 

 length 7 inches, wing 4 - 9, tail 1-7. 



Hah. Philippines. 



It is impossible to mistake this noble species, distinguished at 

 once by its pure white throat and silver-blue under surface. 



a. 3 jr. sk. Dumalon, Mindanao. J. B. Steere [C.]. 



(Authentic specimen.) 



b. Ad. sk. Zamboanga {Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



41. Pitta cucullata. 



Pitta cucullata, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 65 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. 

 A. S. B. p. 157 ; Strickl. Ami. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 410, t. xxi. ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. 213 ; id. Cat. Mamm. $ B. Nepaul, p. 40 ; Moore, 

 P. Z. S. 1854, p. 274; Cassiti, Om. U.S. Expl. Exp. ed. 2, p. 437; 

 Schley. Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 4 (1863) et p. 5 (1874); Jerd. B. Ind. 

 i. p. 504 ; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 106 ; Davison, Str. F. v. p. 457 ; 

 Hume et Dav. Str. F. vi. p. 243; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 94; Oates, 



