226 riTTiD.T:. 



2. Pogu, 27th June (E. W. O.). Hiimo Coll. 



2. Pegu, 27th June (E. W. ().). t'n.wley liequest. 

 4. Amherst, Tenasserim, lotli July Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



3. Pvnekvun, Tenasserim, '2nd May Hume Coll. 



' (C.'T. Bingham). 



3. Moulmein, Tenasserim, 0th May Hume Coll. 



{C. T. B.). 



4. Kaukarit, Tenasserim, 25th Ma}- Hume Coll, 



(c. r. B.). 



Pitta megarhyncha, Scld. 



Pitta megarhyncha, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 421 (1888) ; Gates, 

 Faana Brit. Licl, Birds, ii. p. ;i93 (1890) ; Oates ed. Hume. Nests S,- 

 IJf/f/s Lid. Birds, ii. p. 28o (1890); S/uirpe, ILmd-l iii. p. ]80 

 (1901). 



A single egg of the Larger Elue-winged Pitta in the Collection is 

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

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



1. Tongkah Island, Malay Peninsula, Hume Coll. 

 17th April (/. Darlinr/). 



Pitta "bracliyura {Linn.). 



Pitta brachvura, 8cJ. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 423 (1888) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 393 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^- E(/(/s 

 hid. Birds, ii. p. 285 (1890) ; NehrJ;. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 140 (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 Province*, India Hume Coll. 



(F. B. Blewitt). 



7. Raipur, June {F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 

 28. llai]uu-, July {F. Ii. B.). Hume Coll. 



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



1. Raipur, 7th June. Crowley Bequett. 



Pitta strepitans, Teimn. 



Pitta strepitans, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 430 (1865) ; Bammu 

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



(1888) ; North, Nests i^- Egys Austr. Birds, p. 172, pi. xi. fio- '7 



(1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 146 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 8> 

 Eggs Au.^tr. Birds, ii. p. 525, pi. 16 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. 

 p. 181 (1901). 



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



