U'SJ 



420 Mr. D. G. Elliot on the Pittidse. 



with but the tips of the primaries black. In the majority 

 of specimens more or less of these feathers is black, the 

 extent of white varying greatly, so as to render it very difficult, 

 if not totally impossible, to distinguish them satisfactorily as 

 distinct species. It has generally been called atricapilla by na- 

 turalists ; but that name has to give vpay to the sordidus of 

 Miiller, bestowed upon the bird in 1776 by him, and having 

 precedence over all others. 



27. Brachyurus nov^-guine^. 



Pitta novdE-guinea, Miill. & Schleg. Verb. Nat. Geschied. 

 Nederl. Ind. no. 21. 



Brachyurus novce-ffuinece, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xxvii. 

 Obscure viridis : capite colloque nigris ; remigibus brunneis, 

 quarto, quinto et sexto albo-signatis ; pectore metallice 

 virescente ; cauda fusco-viridi. 

 Hub. New Guinea, Papuan Islands {Wallace). 



28. Brachyurus bankana. 



Pitta bangkana, Schleg. Vog. Nederl. Ind. pi. 2, fig. 8. 

 Viridis : pileo brunneo-tincto ; collo gulaque nigris ; cauda nigra, 

 apice cserulescente ; remigibus nigris, ex parte albis; rostro 

 nigro. 



Hab. Banka. 

 \- 29. Brachyurus cucullatus. 



Pitta malaccensis, S. Miill. & Schleg. Verb. Nat. Geschied. 

 Nederl. Ind. p. 13. 



Brachyurus cucullatus, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xxviii. 

 Viridis : capitis lateribus, gula, superciliis angustis, colloque toto 

 nitide nigris; pileo nuchaque castaneis; primariis nigris 

 macula magna alba media notatis. 

 Hab. Malacca, Nepaul, Assam. 



Genus Pitta, Vieillot. 



30. Pitta guaiana. 



Turdus guaianus, P. L. S. Miill. Natursyst. Anhang, p. 146 

 (1776). 



Turdus cyanurus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 828 (1788). 



Pitta cyanura, Elliot, Mon, Pitt. pi. xxix. 

 Olivacea : capite nigro, vitta supercihari flava ; gula alba ; rcmi- 



