442 On the Ornithology of Northern Borneo. 



h. 6 ad. Benkoka, Oct. 8, 1885. 



[Apparently rare. I only saw three birds of this species 

 during my stay in Borneo. Iris and bill black ; legs slaty 

 blue.] 



190. Pitta schwaneri. 



Pitta schwaneri, T. ; Salvad. t. c. p. 243 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1869, p. 263. 



Eucichla schwaneri, Sel. Cat. B. xiv. p. 446. 

 a,h. J ? ad. Kina Balu, May 20, 1888. 



[Only two specimens met with, which were procured on 

 Kina Balu, at 5000 feet, by one of my men after I had left 

 to pack up for my return journey to the coast.] 



191. Pitta ussheri. 



Fitta ussheri, Sharpe, P.Z. S. 1877, p. 94; id. Ibis, 1879, 

 p. 263; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 798 ; Scl. Cat. B. xiv. p. 430. 

 a, h. 6 ad. ; c. $ ad. Benkoka, Oct. 10, 1885. 

 d. 5 ad. Benkoka, Sept. 8, 1885. 



[A local species, being fairly common in parts of Northern 

 Borneo. Though extremely bright in plumage, this Pitta is 

 difficult to see, the bright scarlet breast, when turned towards 

 one, is not so easily distinguished from the scarlet fruits and 

 bright red dead leaves which carpet these forests. Then the 

 bird when alarmed generally keeps its dark back towards 

 one, which is still more difficult to see in the dusky shades 

 of the forest. The note is peculiar, being a prolonged 

 whistle, gradually rising in power, and suddenly ceasing 

 when it reaches its highest pitch. These birds are good 

 ventriloquists. I have often been looking for a Pitta in the 

 opposite direction to which he was, and at last discovered 

 the bird hopping about in the thick jungle within a few yards 

 of my back. Iris and bill black ; legs slaty blue.] 



192. Pitta cyanoptera. 



Pitta cyanoptera, T. ; Salvad. t. c. p. 235 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1879, p. 262; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 798; Scl. Cat. B. xiv. 

 p. 420. 



Brachyurus moluccensis (S. Miill.) ; Sliarpc, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 10. 



