3. EUCICHLA. 447 



small bar of white across the inner webs of the primaries at their 

 bases ; bill black ; feet brown : whole length 7*7 inches, wing 4, tail 

 2 # 5. Female similar, but not so bright ; crown brown : under 

 surface yellowish white, regularly barred across, and without the 

 purple on the abdomen. 



Hah. Borneo. 



This is an exaggerated form of E. cyanura, but quite distinct, 

 with its brighter yellow breast and the purple blotch on the abdomen. 



a. S ad. sk. Banjermassing {Motley). Wallace Coll. 



b, c. S ad. ; d. § Borneo. Gould Coll. 

 ad. sk. 



e. <$ ad. sk. Kudat, Borneo {Everett). Tweeddale Coll. 



3. Eucichla boschi. 



Pitta boschi, Midi. 8f Schleg. Verh. Zool. Pitta, p. 5, t. i. ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. 213 ; Horsf. et Moore, Cat. B. Mm. E.I. C. i. p. 398 ; 

 Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 273 ; Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xxxi. ; id. Ibis, 

 1870, p. 421 ; Tiveedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 309 (Sumatra) ; Kelham, 

 Ibis, 1881, p. 510 (Perak) ; Nicholson, Ibis, 1882, p. 63 (Sumatra) ; 

 Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 83. 



Eucichla boschi, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. ii. p. 2 ; Gould, 3Ion. Pitt. 

 pi. 3. 



Pitta elegans, Temm. PI. Col. 591 texte (1836); Less. Voy. Bonite, 

 Zool. p. 78. t. 3 ; Sehleg. Toy. Ned. Bid. p. 26, pi. 6. tig. 5 ; id. 

 Mus. P.-B. Pitta, p. 14 (1863), et p. 17 (1874) ; Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 256 ; id. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 7 ; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 107. 

 " Pitta affinis, Baffles," Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 273. 



Above clear reddish brown ; front and superciliaries yellow, passing 

 into brilliant orange on the occiput ; coronal patch and sides of head, 

 which unite round the nape, black ; wings brownish black, with 

 very broad white tips to the greater coverts, and white edgings at 

 the ends of some of the secondaries : tail black, broadly edged with 

 bright purple : beneath, throat white, passing into pale yellow at 

 the sides of the neck ; abdomen very dark purple, with the sides of 

 the breast crossed by regular narrow bars of reddish orange, which 

 bars are faintly perceptible on the middle of the breast ; under 

 wing-coverts black, with white edgings ; a small white bar across 

 the inner webs of the two outer primaries at their bases ; bill black ; 

 feet brown : whole length 8 inches, wing 3*9, tail P5. Female. 

 Above similar, but colours not so bright : beneath, abdomen regularly 

 barred across throughout, and without the purple colour. 



Hah. Sumatra and Malacca. 



The orange occiput and purple belly at once distinguish this 

 splendid species. 



a. cS ad. st. Malacca {Cantor). India Museum. 



b. $ ad. sk. Malacca (Cantor). India Museum. 



c. d. $ ad. ; e-h. Malacca. Hume Coll. 

 $ ad. ; i. Jr. sk. 



