2. pitta. 443 



B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 414; KeJham, Ibis, 1881, p. 509 (Perak); 



Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 82 ; Salvad. Ann. Mm. Civ. Genov. ser. 2, 



vol. iv. p. 597 (Bhamo). 

 Brachyurus cucullatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 255 ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. 



pi. xxviii. : id. Ibis, 1870, p. 420 ; Hume, Sir. F. iii. p. 109 ; Blt/t/i, 



B. Burm. p. 98. 

 Colobuvis cucullata, Cab. et Hein. Mm. Ilein. ii. p. 4. 

 Melauopitta cucullata, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7. 

 Pitta nigricollis, Bluth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 960 (184a) ; id. Ibis, 1860, 



p. 374. 

 " Pitta rodogaster, Hodgs.? Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 961. 

 Pitta malacceusis, 3Iull. fy Sc/il. Verh. Zool. Pitta, p. 19. 

 Pitta coronata, Peak, Orn. U.S. JExpl. Exp. ed. 1, p. 89. 

 Pitta bangkana, Schl. Voq. Ned. Ind. p. 8, pi. 2. fig. 5 ; id. Mils. P.-B. 



Pitta, p. 3 (1863) ; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 106. 

 Brachyurus bangkana, Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 420, pi. xiii. fig. 2. 



Above green ; sides of head and nape black, crown chestnut ; 

 lesser wing-coverts and rump-band silver-blue ; wings black, with a 

 broad white band across the apical portion of primaries, leaving the 

 wing-end black : beneath bright green- ; throat black ; central patch 

 on belly black ; lower belly and crissum scarlet ; under wing- 

 coverts black ; bill black ; feet brown : whole length 6'5 inches, 

 wing 4-5, tail 1-5. 



Hah. Nepal, and thence through Assam and Malay Peninsula to 

 Banka Island. 



Except as regards the chestnut cap, this species belongs to the 

 typical section of the present group, and is obviously allied to 

 P. atricapilla. 



a. Ad. st. East Indies. Purchased. 



b-d. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq.[ P.]. 



e-h. Ad. ; i, k. Native Sikkim (L. Man- Hume Coll. 



Jr. sk. delli). 



l-t. Ad.; u. Jr. sk. Sikkim (L. Mandelli). Hume Coll. 



v-x. Ad. sk. Darjeeling. Hume Col!. 



y. Ad. sk. Bhotan Doars (L. M.). Hume Coll. 



z-b'. S ad. sk. Sadhyia, Assam {J. Hume Coll. 



Covkbarn). 



c'-f. rf ad. sk. Dibrughur, Assam (J. R. Hume Coll. 



Cripps). 



g'. Ad. sk. Khasia Hills (Chennell). Tweeddale Coll. 



h'. Ad. sk. Tipperah. Hume Coll. 



i', f. Ad. sk. Thayetmyo,Brit.Burmah. Tweeddale Coll. 



k'. d ad. ; V. $ Pegu Hiils (E. W. Oates). Hume Coll. 



ad. sk. 



m',ri. <3 $ ad.sk. Pegu Hills. E. W. Oates [C.]. 



o'. <3 ad.; jo'. $ Amherst, Tenasserim ( W. Hume Coll. 



jr. ; q'. 3 jr. sk. Davison), 



r'-a". d ad. ; b"- Bankasoon, Tenasserim Hume Coll. 



e". 2 aa - s k. ( W. Davison), 



f. d ad. sk. Malewoon, Tenasserim Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison), 



ff". d ad. sk. Tavoy, Tenasserim ( W. Hume Coll. 



Davison). 



