448 pittid^:. 



j. 9ad.sk. Mt.Ophir, Malacca {Wardtavo Tweeddale Coll. 



Ramsay). 



k. Ad. sk. Malacca (Mainyay). Tweeddale Coll. 



/. $ ad. sk. Malacca. Capt. Pinwill [0.]. 



m. c? ad. sk. Malacca. India Museum. 



n-p. $ 5 ad. sk. ; Malacca. J. Gould, Esq. 



q. 2 a( i- sk. 



j-.cJad.sk. Singapore (?). LordEllenborough[P.]. 



s, t. Ad. sk. Lampong, Sumatra (Buxton). Tweeddale Coll. 



u, v. d 2 a( i- sk. Sumatra. A. R. Wallace [C.]. 



w. <5 ad.sk. Sumatra. J. Gould, Esq. 



x. $ ad. sk. Sumatra. Purchased. 



4. Eucichla ellioti. 



Pitta ellioti, Oust. Nouv. Arch. d. Mm. x. Bull. p. 101, pi. ii. ; id. 



Bull. Soc. Philmn. 1878, p. 206; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 66. 

 Eucichla ellioti, Gould, Mon. Pitt. pi. 6. 



Above ultramarine blue, shaded with green and brownish ; head 

 emerald-blue, brighter on the front ; band through the eye to nape 

 black ; tail blue ; throat clear blue, breast ashy green ; abdomen 

 yellow, transversely banded with black ; large patch in middle of 

 belly dark blue ; crissum black, tipped with blue ; back dark reddish 

 brown. Female similar, but head and throat brown ; back green. 



Hab. Cochin China and Cambodja. 



Apparently a very distinct species, of which I have abbreviated 

 the description from Gould's work. Two specimens in the Paris 

 Collection are the only examples yet received in Europe. 



5. Eucichla gurneyi. 



Pitta gurneyi, Hume, Sir. F. iii. p. 296, pi. iii., et viii. p. 94; Hume 

 et Dav. Str. F. vi. p. 244 ; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 73. 



Eucichla gurneyi, Gould, Mon. Pitt. pi. 5 ; Oates, B. Br. Bunn. i. 

 p. 418. 



Above clear brown ; front half and sides of head, extending round 

 the nape, black ; occiput and nape brilliant blue, with pointed 

 feathers ; wings blackish brown, inner secondaries slightly edged 

 with whitish ; tail black, broadly edged with blue : beneath, chin 

 whitish, passing into bright yellow on the throat and sides of the 

 neck ; abdomen black ; flanks yellow, with narrow black cross 

 bands ; under wing-coverts black, spotted with white ; a small 

 white cross bar at the bases of the primaries on their inner webs ; 

 bill black ; feet pale brown ; whole length 8 inches, wing 4, tail 

 2-1. Female. Above brown ; more yellowish on the head ; tail blue ; 

 sides of head black ; beneath dirty white, with narrow black cross 

 bars ; throat white. 



Hab. Tenasserim. 



The contrast of the bright blue crown and yellow throat with 

 the jet-black abdomen renders this one of the most striking species 

 of the family. 



