444 PITTID.E. 



ti'-r". cJ ad. ; s". Kossoom (J. Darling). Hume Coll. 



$ ad. sk. 



t"-v". Ad. sk. Malacca ( W. Davison). Hume Coll. 



iu". Ad. sk. Malacca India Museum. 



x". Ad. sk. Malacca. Purchased. 



y", z". Ad. sk. E. Indies. Gould Coll. 



42. Pitta iris. 



Pitta iris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 17 ; id. B. Austr. iv. pi. 3 ; id. 



Intr. B. Austr. p. 55 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 432 ; Mull, ty Schl. 



Verh. Zool. Pitta, p. 14; Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 6 (1863) et 



p. 16 (1874) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 213 ; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 108. 

 Brackvurus iris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 255 ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xxiii. ; 



id. Ibis, 1870, p. 419. 



Above green ; whole head and nape black, with a broad stripe 

 from behind each eye, joining at the nape, chestnut; lesser wing- 

 coverts bright silver-blue, tipped with purple ; narrow rump-band 

 silver-green ; tail black, broadly tipped with green : beneath black ; 

 lower belly and crissum pale scarlet ; bill black ; feet brown : whole 

 length 6 inches, wing 4, tail P4. 



Hob. North Australia. 



The black under surface is quite peculiar to this very distinct 

 species, which has no near allies. 



a. <$ ad. sk. Port Essington, N. Australia Gould Coll. 



{McGillivray, Voy. of the 

 ' Rattlesnake '). 



b. Ad. sk. N. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 f. Ad. st. Port Essington. Dr. Sibbald [P.]. 



d. Ad. st. Australia. Purchased. 



i. Cap bright blue ; back crimson ; throat white ; crissum 

 not scarlet : sexes different. {Iridipitta.) 



One species only is known of this peculiar section, which is quite 

 unique in its style of plumage, and cannot, I think, be closely 

 associated with P. iris, as has been suggested. 



43. Pitta baudi. 



Pitta baudi, Mull. <§• Schl. Verh. Zool. Pitta, pp. 10, 15, pi. ii. ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. 213 ; Schleg. Handl. Dierk. i. p. 253 ; id. Vog. Ned. 

 hid. Pitta, p. 18, pi. v. figs. 1, 2 ; id. Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 5 (1863), 

 et p. 9 (1874) ; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 107 ; Salvad. Ucc. Borneo, 

 p. 243; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 798 ; Nicholson, Ibis, 1883, p. 88; 

 Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 72; Guillem. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 414 (Borneo). 



Brachvurus baudi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 255 ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xxii. ; 

 id. Ibis, 1870, p. 419. 



Iridipitta baudi, Bp. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7. 



Above crimson ; nape and sides of head black ; crown, rump, and 

 tail brilliant blue ; wings brownish black ; greater coverts with a 



