418 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



"Immature female. — Top of the head father dark brown, shading 

 gradually into a more rufous tint on the nape; all the feathers have 

 rather darker margins, giving these parts a slightly scaled appearance; 

 a few of the dull red feathers of the adult are beginning to make their 

 appearance; the dark olive on the rest of the upper parts has a some- 

 what browner shade, though here and there some of the greener feathei's 

 of the adult plumage may be seen; the grayish blue of the outer wing- 

 coverts and outer webs of the secondaries is replaced by dull olive, and 

 the slate-blue of the upper tail-coverts and tail is not so bright; the 

 ear-coverts are brown, with buff centers; the moustache stripes dirty 

 white, devoid of that reddish shade characteristic of the adult plumage ; 

 the chin and throat-feathers with white centers and black margins and 

 bases, those on the fore neck being conspicuously white, washed with 

 reddish; the chest-feathers are whitish buff, with here and there a few 

 slate-blue feathers; rest of the imder parts dirty whitish buff, most of 

 the feathers, especially those on the sides and flanks, margined with 

 brownish buff; a few pale scarlet feathers indicate the colors of the adult, 

 but are much less brilliant. 



"In more advanced examples the upper parts entirely resemble those 

 of the fully adult bird, but the slate-blue on the wings is almost wanting ; 

 the fore neck and chest are still intermixed with white-and-buff centered 

 feathers, and on the rest of the under parts the scarlet feathers of the 

 adult and the whitish buff of the juvenile plumage are represented in 

 about equal part«. 



"It is difficult to imagine anything more glorious than the colors of 

 the fully adult male, the brilliant scarlet of the lower breast and belly 

 contrasting vividly with the shining slate-blue chest. 



"The adult female differs from the male only in having the colors of 

 the under parts rather less brilliant." (Grant.) 



Koch's pitta is known only from the highlands of northern Luzon. 



382. PITTA ATRICAPILLA Lesson. 



BLACK-HEADED PITTA. 



Pitta atricapilla Lessox, Trait d'Orn. (1831), 394; Sclater, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. (1888), 14, 438; Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 245 

 (eggs); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 245; Shakpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 

 182; Gates and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, 227; McGregor and 

 Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 68. 



Wow-hd, Siquijor and Bohol. 



Balabac (Everett) ; Bantayan (McGregor) ; Basilan (Steere, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Bohol (McGregor) ; Bongao (Everett) ; Cala- 

 mianes (Bourns d Worcester) ; Cebu (Bourns <& Worcester, McGregor) ; Luzon 

 (Meyer, Mollendorff, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor) ; 

 Marinduque?* (Steere Exp.) ; Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns <£ Wor- 



* Cf. Pitta rothschildi, page 420. 



