PITTA. 395 



A young bird shot by Mr. Davison had the legs, feet, and claws 

 pale lavender ; the bill black ; the gape and a spot at the base and 

 tip of both mandibles orange-verniilion. 



Length 7; tail 1/6 ; wing 3*5 ; tarsus 1*5 ; bill from gape 1*05. 



Distribution. Tenasseriin, at the foot of Nwalabo mountain, 

 extending down the Malay peninsula. 



935. Pitta CUCullata. The Green-breasted Pitta. 



Pitta cucullata, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 65; Blyth, Cat. p. 1">7 ; 



Horsf. * M. Cat. i, p. 399 ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 504 ; Uavison, S. F. 



v, p. 457 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 243 ; Hume, Cat. no. 346 ; 



Oatcs, B. B. i, p. 414 ; Sclater, Cat. B. M. xiv, p. 442 ; Oates in 



Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 286. 

 Melanopitta cucullata (Hartl.), Hume, N. 8f E. p. 225. 

 Brachyurus cucullatus (Hartl.}, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. xxviii ; Hume, 



S. F. iii, p. 109. 

 The Green-breasted Ground-Thrush, Jerd.; Phattim-pho, Lepch. 



Coloration. The crown from the nostrils to the nape rich rufous- 

 brown ; lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, chin, throat, and a collar sur- 

 rounding the head black ; breast and sides of the body pale greenish 

 blue ; the abdomen black ; lower abdomen, vent, and under tail- 

 coverts crimson; back, scapulars, and rump dark glossy green ; upper 

 tail-coverts and all the^smaller wing-coverts bright ultramarine-blue ; 

 primaries black, with a large white patch on each feather ; secon- 

 daries black, with the terminal half of the outer webs edged broadly 

 with greenish blue ; tertiaries wholly dark green ; the larger wing- 

 coverts dull green ; tail black, tipped with blue ; under wing-coverts 

 black. 



Bill black ; inside of mouth dusky fleshy ; iris dark coffee-brown ; 

 eyelids plumbeous ; legs and claws fleshy pink. 



Length about 7*5 ; tail 1*6 ; wing 4'5 ; tarsus 1'7 ; bill from 

 gape 1*05. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Nepal to Assam ; Tipperah ; 

 the Khasi hills ; Manipur ; Pegu and Tenasseriin. Blyth records 

 this species from Arrakan. It extends down the Malay peninsula. 



Habits, Sfc. Breeds from April to July, making a globular nest of 

 leaves, twigs, and fibres on the ground, and laying four eggs, which 

 are white marked with purple and measure about 1-07 by -84. 



936. Pitta gurneyi. Gumetfs Pitta. 



Pitta gurneyi, Hume, S. F. iii, p. 296, pi. iii ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. 



vi, p. 244 ; Hume, Cat. no. 346 bis. 

 Eucichla gurncyi (Hume), Oates, B. B. i, p. 418 ; Sclater, Cat. B. M. 



xiv, p. 448. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, front of the crown, lores, cheeks, 

 ear-coverts, a stripe over the eye continued to the back of the head 

 as a collar, breast, abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts deep black ; 

 remainder of crown and nape bright glistening blue, the feathers 



