Mr. 1). G. Elliot on the Pittidfe. • 415 



The name bengalensis, by which this species has been so long 

 known, must become a synonym of Miiller^s appellation of coro- 

 natus applied two years previously. 



9. Brachyurus oreas. 



Pitta oi^eas, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1864, p. 428. 

 Viridis : pileo sordide rufo-brunneo, supercilio ochrascente; 

 striga verticali et altera, a rostro per regionem paroticam 

 usque ad nucham eunte, nigris ; subtus pallide ochracea ; 

 hypochondriis viridi-lavatis ; abdomine coccineo ; rostro 

 nigro. 



Hab. Formosa. 



10. Brachyurus vigorsi. 



Pitta brachyura, Vig. & Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 218. 



Brachyurus vigorsi, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. vii. 

 Viridis : subtus ochraceus ; capite nigro ; vitta superciliari alba, 

 postice pallide viridi ; gula alba; abdomme crissoque 

 coccineis ; tectricibus alarum, uropygioque cseruleis ; cauda 

 nigra, apice viridi. 



Hab. Banda Islands {Wallace); Australia {Vigors). 



11. Brachyurus nympha. 



Pitta nympha, Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Jap. Aves, Suppl. 

 tab. A. 



Brachyurus nympha, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. viii. 

 Dilute viridis : capite nigro j vitta superciliari albo-rufescente ; 

 gula pectoreque albo-cinerascentibus ; cauda nigra, apice 

 vii'idi ; rostro nigro. 



Hab. Japan ? 



No specimen of this bird has ever been seen by any naturalist ; 

 and it is only known by the plate in the ' Fauna Japonica,' 

 from which my drawing was made. It presents some differences 

 from any other known species ; and until we can get a specimen, 

 it will be best to allow it to remain as distinct. 



12. Brachyurus strbpitans. 



Pitta strepitans, Temm. PI. Col. no. 333. 

 Pitta simillima, Gould, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 76. 

 Pitta krefti, Salvad. Atti Soc. Ital. S. N. xii. p. 551. 

 Brachyurus strepitans, Elliot, Mon, Pitt. pi. ix. 

 Viridis : subtus ochraceus ; pileo castaneo, linea occipitali, fascia 



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