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2. Pegu, 27th June (E. W. 0.). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 27th June (E. W. O.). Cvowley Bequest. 

 4. Auiherst, Tenasserim, 15th July Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



3. Pynekyun, Tenasserim, 2nd May Iliiuie Coll. 



* (C."T. Bingham). 



3. Moulmein, Tenasserim, 9th May Hume Coll. 



(C. T. B.}. 



4. Kaukarit, Tenasserim, 25th May Hume Coll, 



(C. T. B.). 



Pitta megarhyncha, Sclil. 



Pitta megarhyncha, Scl Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 421 (1888); Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 393 (1890) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ 

 EC/US 2nd. Birds, ii. p. 285 (1890); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. ISO 

 (1901). 



A single egg of the Larger Blue-winged Pitta in the Collection is 

 very imperfect, but appears to be similar to the eggs of P. eyanoptera 

 of the first type described above, and of about the same size. 



1. Tongkah Island, Malay Peninsula, Hume Coll. 

 17th April (J. Darling). 



Pitta brachyura (Linn.'). 



Pitta brachyura, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 423 (1888) ; Gates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 393 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Ne*ts # Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 285 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 140 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 180 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian Pitta are of a china-white, marked with 

 spots and small blotches of dark brown or black, brownish red, 

 umber-brown, and lavender. On some specimens there are also 

 some hair-like lines and scrawls. Examples measure from -96 to 

 1-07 in length, and from -8 to -9 in breadth. 



6. Raipur, Central Provinces, India Hume Coll. 



(F. R. Blewitt). 



7. Raipur, June (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 

 28. Raipur, July (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Raipur, May (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Raipur, 7th June. Crowley Bequest. 



Pitta strepitans, Temm. 



Pitta strepitans, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 430 (1865) ; Ramsay 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 414, pi. viii. tig. 2 ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 428 

 (1888) ; North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 172, pi. xi. fig 7 

 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 146 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 525, pi, 16 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii 

 p.' 181(1901). 



The eggs of the Noisy Pitta are variable in coloration and size, 



