PITTA. 377 



Above dull greenish ; nnchal patch blue ; forecrown and sides of the 

 head pale brown, whiter on the lores ; wings blackish edged with pale brown ; 

 tail dull greenish ; beneath brown, rather more buffy on the middle of the 

 belly ; throat whitish ; bill blackish ; feet brown. (Sclater.) 



Length. 9-3 to 10 inches; wing 4-8; tail 27; tarsus 2'2 ; bill from 

 gape 1-25. 



tf a fr t From Nepaul, through Assam and the Khasia hills to Pegu. Re- 

 corded from Sikkim, Darjeeling, Buxa and Bhootan Doars, Dubragurh, Dilkoo- 

 sha, Munipur, Cachar, Karenne and Upper Pegu. Inhabits evergreen, damp 

 forests, 'where it feeds on worms of every kind. A nest of this was found by 

 Mr. Hume in the month of May. It was a mass of leaves placed on the 

 ground at the foot of a bush in which were three white eggs spotted with 

 purple. 



933. Pitta OateSL (Hume), Sclater, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xiv. p. 416. 

 Hydrornis Oatesi, Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 477, et viii. p. 93 ; Wald. in Blyth, B. 

 Burm. p. 98; Hume and Dav., Str, F. vi. p. 237; Oates, B. Br. Burnt, i. 

 p. 411 ; Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. Ser. v. p. 273 (Tenasserim). OATES'S 

 PITTA. 



Entire head, nape and mantle rich rufous ; cheeks, ear coverts and the 

 whole under surface of the body slightly paler ; the middle of the belly and 

 under tail coverts deep buff ; back, rump, upper tail coverts and central tail 

 feathers dull green, the rump and tail tinged with blue ; lateral tail feathers 

 greenish brown ; wings rusty, with a tinge of green on the secondaries and 

 tertiaries ; upper wing coverts greenish rusty, some of the feathers tipped with 

 fulvous. 



The female has not the tinge of blue on the rump. Upper mandible of bill 

 brow-n, the tip and edges salmon colour ; lower mandible brown ; inside of 

 mouth flesh colour ; irides rich brown; eyelids plumbeous; legs and claws 

 pinkish flesh colour. (Gates.) 



Length. 9-5 to 10 inches; wing 47 to 4-8; tail2'6; tarsus 2*1 to 2-5 ; 

 bill from gape 1-4. 



Hob. Pegu and Tenasserim. In habits the same as the preceding. 



934. Pitta C3erulea, (Raffles), Vig. Mem. Raffl.es, p. 659 ; Moore, P. 

 Z. S. 1854, 'p. 273 ; Wallace, Ibis, 1864, p. 108 ; Hume et Dav., Str. F. vi. 

 p. 238 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 94 ; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 81 ; Sharpe, P. Z. 

 S. 1881, p. 798. Brachyurus caeruleus, Blyth,J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 153; 

 Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 412. Gigantipitta caerulea, Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. 

 p. 413. Brachyurus Davisoni, Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 321. The GIANT PITTA. 



Upper surface of the body bright blue ; front, forehead and sides of the head 

 whitish ashy or greyish brown ; crown, nape and back of neck black ; a broad 



