rgi7-] H. C. Robinson: Birds from Pulau Langkawi. 167 



67. Pitta megarhyncha, Schleg. 



Sclater, torn. cit. p. 421; Robinson and Kloss, p. 48: 

 Moultou, Journ. Straits Branch. Roy. Asiat Soc. No. 67, p. 157, 

 No. 311 (1914). 



Pitta brachyura megarhvncha, Parrot, Abh. Konigl. 

 Bayern. Akad. do Hiss. II. Kl. XXIV, Band. 1, p. 225 (1907). 



((. i . Kuah, Puiau Langkawi, 27th April, 1915. 

 b. i. Pulau Terutau, 3rd March, 1909. 



Though Sclater in the Catalogue and Sharpe in the 

 Hand-list (III, p. 180. 1901) record this species as coming only 

 from Burma, Tenasserim and the Malay Peninsula, the types 

 came from Banka. while Parrot records it. though with some 

 doubt as to identification, from Sumatra, where, however, one 

 would expect to find it in the low lying south eastern districts. 

 Moulton on the strength of a specimen obtained in exchange 

 from the Raffles Museum, Singapore, records it from Borneo, 

 but the authenticity of the label needs confirmation. 



The species is, as has been pointed out by many authors, 

 totally distinct from, and not a form of, P. cyanopteva, which 

 is often found with it. Besides the striking difference in the 

 size of the bill the present species lacks the black chin-spot 

 and the mesial dark line on the crown which is much duller in 

 colour than in P. cyanoptera. The colours beneath are less 

 intense and the white speculum on the wing more extensive. 

 Both Mr. Kloss and myself have found it only in the vicinity 

 of, or actually in, mangrove forest, while its ally is much more 

 widely spread. 



68. Pitta cyanopteka, Teram. 



Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas. my. p. 416 (1888); 

 Robinson and Kloss. p. 4<S; Robinson, journ. Fed. Malay States 

 Mus. V, pp. 97, 147 (1914* : Gyldenstolpe p. 84. 



a. ?. Pulau Dayang Bunting, Langkawi, 9th 



December, 1916. No. 3614. 



b. i. Telok Wau, Terutau, 27th December. 1916. 



No. 3759. 

 •' Iris hazel, bill black, feet pinkish flesh." 

 Common throughout the Peninsula and Siam at one time 

 or other of the year. Often in very large numbers on very 

 small islands during the winter months. 



69. Pitta culcullata, Hartl. 



Sclater. torn. cit. p. 448 ; Robinson and Kloss, p. 49 ; 

 Robinson, an tea, vol. v, p. 97 (1914I. 



A single somewhat immature female was shot on Pulau 

 Paya, between Pulau Langkawi and the Kedah river, on April 

 28th, 1915. It is not rare in the north of the Peninsula 

 generally but does not seem to be recorded from Siam proper. 



