collected in the Philippine Islaiids. 245 



I started at daylight for the ascent. It was, I remember, 

 just 9 A.M. when we reached the summit; the frost was still 

 glittering on the herbage in shady places, and I thought to 

 myself that the country on all sides looked as if it might 

 yield any kind of avifauna. 



For some days nothing was seen of the new Leuco, until 

 one afternoon, as I was strolling quietly through the thick 

 oak-forest, a bird flew up from the path and disappeared 

 into the dark forest. I caught sight of a bluish-grey object 

 and by its shape I knew it to be a Pitta. On my return the 

 same bird left the path again, but this time I marked its 

 direction and followed quickly and quietly. I soon saw a 

 large Pitta sitting on the branch of a fallen tree, which at 

 once flew to the ground and commenced feeding. A shot 

 from my small collecting-gun secured it — an immature 

 Pitta kochi. 



The Igorroties living on the top of Data knew the bird 

 well by the name of " Kong Kong," and secured by snares 

 all the rest of my specimens, my own hunters failing to shoot 

 one during the six weeks spent at this camp. 



Pitta kochi is probably confined to the highest mountains 

 of North Luzon, at an elevation of over 6000 feet. It may, 

 however, be met with in Mindoro, as in that island at high 

 elevations the same oak-forest exists, and many of the birds 

 are identical with those of Luzon. My expedition to Mindoro 

 was almost a failure, owing to the incessant rains. 



Iris dark brown ; bill blackish brown, at the base of lower 

 mandible slate-blue, inside of mouth white ; legs slate-blue ; 

 nails white. 



202. Pitta atricapilla Less. (Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. ] 21 ; 

 1896, pp. 121, 555; 1897, p. 240.) 



The distribution of this bird seems to agree with that 

 of P. erythrogastra, the two species inhabiting the same 

 forests, both on the coast and on the lower slopes of the 

 mountains inland. The feet of a male shot at Cape Engailo 

 were dull pinkish white; they are generally pale greyish 

 blue. 



