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inches^ the total length of the bird being 14^ inches ; beak 

 and eyelids pale lead-blue ; irides dark brown ; head^ crest, 

 neck, and throat glossy blue-black ; general plumage white ; 

 inner webs of primaries, shafts of secondaries, shafts and edges 

 of tail-feathers, black. 



Another, which I got at Malacca, was 7^ inches long to 

 the end of the ordinary tail, total length 13^ inches; head 

 and crest glossy blue-black ; nape and the uuderparts ashy 

 grey ; dark and glossy on the throat, but becoming whitish 

 on the abdomen ; tail and upper parts rich chestnut ; inner 

 webs of wing-quills dusky. According to Jerdon this plu- 

 mage is characteristic of the immature male. 



Leucocerca javanica (Sparrm.). 



I found this Flycatcher very common in all the gardens 

 round Tanglin, Singapore. 



Pitta moluccensis, Miill. 



This beautiful Ground-Thrush cannot be very rare, as, 

 while stationed at Kwala Kangsar, I had a great many 

 brought to me by the natives, who had caught them in snares. 

 I kept some in my aviary for several months ; and they did 

 well, feeding on rice, but never became at all tame. 



One morning in March, while Snipe-shooting on the bushy 

 ground on the bank of the Perak river, just opposite Kwala 

 Kangsar, I caught a glimpse of a brilliant blue-plumaged 

 bird as it flew into some thick bushes, fired, and found I had 

 killed a specimen of this Pitta. 



I also got specimens in Malacca and Larut. 



Pitta granatina. 



It is hard to say which is the most beautiful of the Ground- 

 Thrushes J all are so handsome ; but this will compare favour- 

 ably with any of them. 



My specimens are all from Malacca and Moar districts. 



Pitta cucullata, Hartl. 



During January 1877 I obtained one of these Ground- 

 Thrushes, an adult, near Kwala Kangsar, Perak. 



