PITTA. 393 



Length 8 j tail 1-6; wing 4-9; tarsus 1-7; bill from gape 1-2 

 Distribution The southern portion of Arrakan ; Pegu ; 

 lenassenni. This Pitta is a seasonal visitor to the northern 

 portion of its range visiting Arrakan, Pegu, and Northern 

 I enasserim in April and May, and leaving in July. It appears fco 

 be a permanent resident in Southern Tenasserim. It ranees to 

 Siam and down the Malay peninsula to some of the islands. 



Uabtts, 4-c. Breeds in May, June, and July, constructing a large 

 oven-shaped nest of leaves, roots, and earth, matted together on 

 the ground or on a large branch or fallen tree near the ground, 

 ine eggs, usually five m number, are white, richly marked with 

 reel and purple, and measure about 1-05 by 0'87. 



932. Pitta inegarhyncha. The Larger Blue-winged Pitta. 



Pitta imegarhyncha, Schleg. Fog. Ned. Ind., Pitta, p. 32, pi. 4, ii-. 2 

 (1888) : Hume $ Ear. S. F. vi, p. 242 ; Hume, Cat. no. 345 tor: 

 Oates B B i p 416 ; Sclater Cat. B. M. xiv, p. 421 ; Oates in 



Hume* N. ,y E. 2nd ed. n, p. 285, note. 

 Brachyurus megarhynchus {Schleg.), Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 414, pl.xii. 



Coloration. Very similar to P. cganoptera, but differing slightly 

 in coloration, larger, and with a much longer bill. The coronal 

 streak is obsolete or altogether absent, the brown of the head is 

 darker, the breast is paler, and the black collar narrower. 



Hill black ; iris deep brown ; legs and feet dark fleshy 



Length 9 ; tail 1-7; wing 47 ; tarsus P6; bill from gape P6. 



Distribution. Southern Pegu and Tenasserim from Moulmein 

 southwards. This species appears to visit Pegu and the more 

 northern parts of its range in Tenasserim in May, and to depart 

 in July, but in Southern Tenasserim it is probably a resident. It- 

 range extends down the Malay peninsula, and it is also found 

 in Banka. 



Habits, 6fc. The nest of this species has not vet been found within 

 Indian limits. Further south in the Malay peninsula a nest was 

 found in April, and appears to have been of the usual type. 



933. Pitta brachyura. The Indian Pitta. 



Corvus brachyurus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p, L58 | L766), 



Corvus brachyurus, var. bengalensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat.i, p. 376 (1788). 



I urdus coronatus, J'. L. 8. Mull. Natursyst., Suppl. p. 1-14 (1770). 



Pitta triostegus {Sparrm.), Blyth, Cat. p. 157. 



Pitta brachyura {Linn.), Gould, Cental. 23; Hume, Cat. no. 345; 



Barnes, Birds Bum. p. 169; Sclater, Cat. II. .)/. xiv, p. 423- 



Oates in Humes N. & E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 285. 

 Pitta bengalensis {Gmel), Horsf. & M. Cat. i, p. 184 ; Jerd. B. I. 



i, p. 503. 

 Brachyurus bengalensis {Gmel), Elliot, Mm. Pitt. pi. vi. 

 Pitta coronata {P. L. S. Mull.), Hume, N. #. E. p. 224 ; Legge, Birds 



Ceylon, p. 687. 



The Yellow-breasted Ground- Thrush, Jerd. ; Nourang, Hind. : Shumcha. 

 Beng. ; Pona-inki, Tel. ; Avitchia, Ayitta, Cing. 



