226 riTTiD-'E. 



2. Ve^, 27th June (E. W. O.). Hume ('(.11. 



2. Peg-u, 27th June (E. W. O). C'r.iwley ]!.quest. 

 4. Amherst, Tenasserim, lOth July Hume Cull. 



( W. Davison). 



3. Pynekyun, Tenasserim, 2nd May Hume Coll. 



■ (C.Y. Binghnin). 



3. Moulmein, Tenasserim, 9tL May Hume Coll. 



(C. T.B.). 



4. Kaukarit, Tenasserim, 25tli May Hume Coll, 



(C. T. B.). 



Pitta megarhyncha, Sclil. 



Pitta mep-arhvncha, Scl. Cat. Birdx B. M. xiv. p. 421 (1888): Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Iwl, Birds, n. p. 393 (1890) ; Oati-.^ ed. Hume. Nei^ts Sc 

 Eqqs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 285 (1890); Sharpe, IIand-1. iii. p. 180 

 (1901). 



A single egg of the Lai-ger Ehic-winged Pitta in the Collection is 

 very imperfect, but appears to be similar to the eggs of P. cyanoptera 

 of the first type described above, and of about the same size. 



1. Tongkah Island, Malav Peninsula, Hume Coll. 

 17th April {J. Darliyiy). 



Pitta bracliyura (Linn.). 



Pitta brachvura, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 423 (1888) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit, ind., Birds, ii. p. 393 (1890) ; id. ed. Ilmne. KeHs ,^ i?,;ys 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 2s5 (1890) ; AchrJc. Kat. Eiersununl. p. ]4(*) (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 180 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian Pitta are of a china-white, marked with 

 spots and small blotches of dark brown or black, brownish red, 

 umber-brown, and lavender. On some specimens there are also 

 some hair-like lines and scrawls. Examples measure from -96 to 

 1-07 in length, and from -8 to -9 in breadth. 



6. Eaipur, Central Provinces, India Ilume Coll. 



{F. R. Blewift). 



7. Eaipur, June {F. R. £'.). Hume Coll. 

 28. Eaipur, July {F. R. B.). IL.une L'ull. 



1. Eaipur, May (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Eaipur, 7th June. Crowley Bequest. 



Pitta strepitans, Temm. 



Pitta strepitans, Gould, Handb. Birds Aiutr. i. p. 430 (1805) ; Ramsni/ 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 414, pi. viii. tig. 2 ; -SW. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 428 

 (1888); North, Nests 8f Egys Austr. Birds, p. 172, pi. xi. tio- 7 

 (1889) ; Ne/irk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 146 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests k' 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 525, pi, 16 (1901) ; Sharpe, Rand-l. iii. 

 p. 181 (1901). 



The eggs of the Noisy Pitta are variable in coloration and size, 



