446 P1TTID.&. 



Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 107; Nicholson, Ibis, 1881, p. 154 (eggs); 



Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 77. 

 Eucichla cvanura, Cab. et Hein. Mtts. Hein. ii. p. 2 ; Gould, Mon. 



Pitt. pi. 2. 

 Myiothera affinis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 154. 

 Turdus guajanus, Mull. Natursyst. Suppl. p. 146 (??). 

 Pitta guaiana, Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 420. 



Above reddish brown ; crown and sides of head black, with a long 

 superciliary stripe of bright yellow, whicb is much broadened on the 

 nape : wings blackish brown, greater coverts and some of the 

 secondaries edged externally with clear white ; tail black, with 

 bright blue edgings : beneath, throat and sides of neck pure white, 

 bordered below by a narrow purplish-blue ne^k- collar ; abdomen 

 pale brownish yellow, regularly barred across by black bands ; 

 under wing-coverts black, with white margins ; small cross bar on 

 the inner webs of the primaries white ; bill black ; feet pale brown : 

 whole length 8 inches, wing 4, tail 2-5. Female similar, but head 

 brown like the back, rather brighter on the superciliaries, and 

 ground-colour beneath white, barred as in the male. 



Hab. Java. 



a. 3 ad. sk. Java (Horsjield). India Mus. 



(Type of Myiothera affinis.) 



b. 2 ad. sk. Java (Horsfield). India Mus. 



c. 3 ad. sk. Java (Horsfield). India Mus. 



d. e. 3 2 ad. sk. Java {Horsfield). India Mus. 



/. 3 ad. sk. Java {Diard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



g. 3 ad. sk. Java. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h, i. Ad. ; j, k. Java. Tweeddale Coll. 



Jr. sk. 



/, m. 3 ad. ; n. E. Indies. J. Gould, Esq. 



2 ad. sk. 



2. Eucichla schwaneri. 



Pitta schwaneri, Bp. Consp. i. p. 256 (1850) ; id. Consp. Vole. 



Anisod. p. 7 ; Schley. Handl. DterJi. i. p. 254 ; id. Voy. Ned. Ind. 



Pitta, p. 25, pi. 6. fig. 4; id. Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 14 (1863), et 



p. 17 (1874) ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xxx. ; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 421 ; 



Scl. P.Z.S. 1863, p. 215; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 107; Salvad. 

 Ucc. Borneo, p. 243; Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 263; Nicholson, Ibis, 



1883, p. 88 ; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 78 ; Guillemard, P. Z. S. 1885, 



p. 414 (Borneo). 

 Eucichla schwaneri, Gould, Mon. Pitta, pi. 4. 



Above clear reddish brown ; crown and sides of head black, with 

 long and broad superciliary stripes of bright yellow, which extend 

 on to the nape ; wings brownish black, greater coverts and some of 

 secondaries broadly edged with pure white : tail black, with bright 

 purple-blue edgings : beneath, chin white, passing into golden yellow 

 on the throat and sides of the neck ; breast and belly yellow, with 

 regular narrow transverse bars of black ; centre of belly and crissum 

 deep purple-blue ; under wing-coverts black, with white tips ; a 



