EUCICHLA. 381 



940. Pitta CUCUllata, ffartl., Rev. Zool. 1 843, P- 65 ; Jerd., B. Ind. i. 

 p, 504; Dav., Sir. F. v. p. 457; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 243 ; Hume, 

 Str. F. viii. p. 04 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 414 5 Sclater, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. xiv. p. 442. Brachyurus cuculatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 255 ; Elliot, Mon. 

 Pitt. pi. xxviii. ; Hume, Str.F.m. p. 109; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 98. The 

 GREEN-BREASTED PITTA. 



Entire head and nape rich rufous brown or chestnut ; lores, cheeks, ear 

 coverts, chin, throat and a band round the head black ; breast and under 

 surface of the body pale greenish blue to bright green, except a central black 

 patch on the abdomen, and the crimson vent and under tail coverts ; under 

 wing coverts black ; upper tail coverts as well as the lesser wing coverts 

 ultramarine blue, the greater wing coverts dull green ; primaries black, their 

 apical portion with a broad white band ; secondaries black, the terminal half 

 of the outer webs edged with greenish blue ; tertiaries dark green ; tail black, 

 tipped with blue. Bill black ; irides dark brown ; legs and feet fleshy pink. 



Length. 6'$ to 7'5 inches; tail r6 ; wing 4^5; tarsus 17 ; bill from 

 gape 1-05. 



7/0. British Burmah, Assam, the Malay Peninsula, Sikkim, Khasia hills 

 and Nepaul. It has also been recorded by Blyth from Arrakan. Gates says it 

 is generally distributed over British Burmah in suitable localities, that it is 

 plentiful on the Pegu hills, and that Mr. Davison procured it in the Tenasserim 

 Division at Amherst, Bankasoon and Malewoon. 



Gen. Eucichla. Cab. et Hein. 



General characters of Pitta. Bill moderate but the tail longer than in that 

 genus and more pointed. 



941. Eucichla Gurneyi, (Hume), Gould, Hon. /Y//. pi. 5; Oates, 

 B. Br. Burm. i. p. 418; Sclater, Cat. B.Br. Mus. xiv. p. 448. Pitta Gurneyi, 

 Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 296, pi. iii. ; id., Str.F. viii. p. 94; id., Davison, Str. F. 

 vi. p. 244. GURNEY'S PITTA. 



Upper surface of the body light chestnut brown ; front half and sides of the 

 head, continued as a stripe over the eye and round the nape, black ; breast, 

 abdomen, vent and under tail coverts also black ; occiput and nape brilliant 

 blue, the feathers long and pointed, and forming a crest ; tail black, broadly 

 edged on the outer webs with blue ; on the under surface the chin is whitish, 

 also the throat ; sides of the neck and breast bright yellow ; flanks yellow, 

 barred with black ; under wing coverts black, spotted with white ; wings 

 blackish brown ; upper wing coverts light chestnut brown ; primaries and their 

 coverts black ; secondaries the same, the inner ones slightly edged with whitish, 

 and the primaries with a white bar at their base. The female has the forehead 

 pale brown, the crown and nape bright ferruginous and the lower plumage 

 yellow, closely barred with black ; tail blue ; throat white. 



