154 Mr. F. Nicholson on Birds 



72. MiRAFRA jAVANicAj Hoi'sf. Ti'ans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 

 p. 159. 



No. 4. Near Batavia, November 23, 1878, on wet ground. 



No. 54. Tjikandi Oedik, March 13, 1879. " Tjarang 

 jangan.''^ 



No. 129, (^ . Genteng Lebak, May 3, 1879. Irides grey- 

 brown. '^Tjarang jangan.^' 



73. Pitta CYANURA (Gm.). 



Pitta guaiana (P. L. S. Miill.) ; Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 420. 



Nos. 123, 124, S ? • Genteng Lebak, May 21, 1879. Irides 

 dark blue. " Paok.'' 



No. 130, ? . Genteng Lebak, May 4, 1879. Irides rich 

 brown. 



The eggs of this Pitta were got by Mr. Forbes on the 24th 

 of April, 1879, at Genteng. They are rounded in shape, with 

 a few scattered dots of reddish or purplsh brown, having a 

 tendency to form a zone round the thick end of the egg, 

 which is also relieved by some large spots of blackish brown. 

 Diam. '85 in., axis 1 in. 



74. Ptilopus porphyreus (Temm.) ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 1878, 

 p. 553. 



No. 198, S- Walhk, Kosala, Bantam, July 20, 1879. 

 Brought by native. Feeds on katchembang (small berries). 



No. 183, ? . Kosala, Bantam. On Goonung Endoot. 

 1535 feet above Estate House. June 19, 1879. 



The female, collected by Mr. Forbes, is gaining the rose- 

 coloured head of the male, and it has also nearly acquired 

 the rosy throat. The dark green breast-band, and the purplisL 

 patch in the centre of the breast, are absent; but, as Mr. Elliot 

 states that the sexes are alike in adult birds, it is evident 

 that Mr. Forbes's specimen is immature. 



75. Ptilopus melanocephalus (Gm.) ; Elliot, P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 551. 



No. 82, S • Genteng, Bantam, March 29, 1879. Irides 

 dark yellow ; cere round eye bright yellow. Hard seeds of 

 some species of Acacia in stomach. " He-kejoan."^ 



