410 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



186. Cymbirhynciius macroriiynchus. 

 Cymbirhynchus meter orhynchus (Gm.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 109; 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1876, p. 48, 1877, p. 22, 1879, p. 264; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1881, p. 798 ; Scl. Cat. B. xiv. p. 468. 

 a. 6 ad. Benkoka, Sept. 5, 1885. 



[A common forest species. Iris bottle-green ; upper 

 mandible turquoise-blue ; under one blue, running into light 

 blue and king^s yellow at base ; feet light blue.] 



187. CORYDON SUMATRANUS. 



Corydon sumatranus (Raffl.) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 1 1 1 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 48, 1877, p. 21, 1879, p. 265 ; Scl. Cat. B. 

 xiv. p. 466. 



a. Juv. Benkoka, July 6, 1885. 



b. ? ad. Benkoka, April 16, 1886. 



c. cS ad. Kin a Balu, March 15, 1887. 



d. ? ad. Kina Balu, May 5, 1888. 



[Rather a scarce species in Borneo, frequenting old forest. 

 Met with on Kina Balu up to 2000 feet. Iris dull white ; 

 skin round eyes pink ; bill dull pinkish brown ; feet brown.] 



Fam. PiTTiD^. 



[I have seen all the following species of Pittas alive in 

 their forests, except P. schwaneri, and I have also shot 

 P. sordida and P. erythrogastra in Palawan and P. cyanura 

 in Java, so perhaps my observations of the group may be of 

 some value. 



Pittas, as a rule, keep to the ground or on the lower 

 branches of trees near it ; but I have shot these birds high 

 up in trees where they have been whistling. It is not at 

 all an uncommon thing to hear a Pitta cry out in the middle 

 of the night, which they do either in the forests or when 

 taking flights from one forest 'o another; these movements 

 take place most frequently on moonlight nights. 



There is little doubt that Pittas are migratory, as they 

 may be met with at certain times in numbers on the small 

 islands some distance from the coast, which at other times do 

 not contain a single bird (see my notes on P. cyanopterci) . At 



