416 Mr D. G. Elliot on the Pittidse. 



nuchjB, gula, abdominoque medio nigris ; crisso coccineo ; 

 rectricibus nigris, apice viridi-fuscis ; rostro nigro. 

 Hab. Australia. 



13. Brachyurus concinnus. 



Pitta concinna, Gould, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 65. 

 Brachyurus concinnus, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. x. 

 Viridis : capite juguloque nigris ; vittis supei'ciliaribus rufis ; 



nucha albo-cserulescente ; primariis, caudaque nigris ; 



subtus ochraceus. 

 Hab. Lombock, Surabawa, Flores. 



14. Brachyurus irena. />. 

 Pitta irena, Temm. PI. Col. no. 591. 

 Brachyurus irena, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xi. 



Pitta crassirostris, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 188. 



Brachyurus crassirostris, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. 

 Viridis : capite nigro, superciJiis flavescentibus ; cauda nigra, 

 apice viridi ; subtus ochraceus ; rostro nigro. 



Hab. Timor, Ternate {Schleg.); Sulla Islands [Wallace). 



In my ' Monograph ' I included this bird with a query, as it 

 seemed impossible to separate it from B. irena. I had not seen 

 any specimen of the bird at the time ; and my opinion was formed 

 from Mr. Wallace's description, together with a water-colour 

 drawing of the type sent to me by Mr. Sclater. Mr. Gould 

 has placed in my hands one of Mr. Wallace's specimens ; and I 

 do not think it presents any differences sufficient for me to alter 

 my opinion, and separate it from B. irena, which it appears to 

 be. It is not like B. vigorsi or B. concinnus, with which Mr. 

 Wallace compares it, being much too large for either of those 

 species ; and from typical B. irena it varies in the black of the 

 throat not extending quite so far on the breast. The bill is 

 rather lighter, but does not differ perceptibly in size. I hardly 

 think it can be separated from B. irena. Its habitat, as stated 

 by Mr. Wallace, is the Sulla Islands. 



— i~ § Purpureipitta. 



15. Brachyurus venustus. 



Pitta venusta, Temm. PI. Col. no. 500. 

 Brachyurus venustus, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xiv. 

 Purpureo-nigricans ; stria postoculari utrinque protracta tectri- 



