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  Mr. 
  John 
  Whitehead 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  (11, 
  12) 
  are 
  very 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  rest 
  o£ 
  this 
  section, 
  hut 
  

   still 
  undoubtedly 
  belong 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  colouring 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  is 
  green 
  above 
  and 
  

   beneath, 
  black 
  in 
  No. 
  10 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  patch 
  is 
  scarlet, 
  or 
  

   black 
  and 
  scarlet; 
  the 
  metallic 
  ornamentation 
  is 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  

   group 
  of 
  P. 
  cyanoj)tera. 
  

  

  1. 
  Pitta 
  cucullata. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  cucullata, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  442. 
  

  

  Young 
  : 
  breast 
  brown 
  ; 
  head 
  light 
  brown, 
  back 
  dull 
  green 
  ; 
  

   rump 
  and 
  wing-patches 
  dull 
  blue. 
  

  

  2. 
  Pitta 
  bangkana. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  cucullata, 
  Scl. 
  I.e. 
  (part.). 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Sclater 
  has 
  united 
  this 
  species 
  with 
  P. 
  cucullata 
  in 
  his 
  

   synonymy, 
  though 
  an 
  example 
  from 
  Banka 
  Island 
  appears 
  

   in 
  his 
  list 
  of 
  specimens 
  under 
  P. 
  muelleri 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  my 
  opinion 
  

   P. 
  hangkana 
  is 
  distinct 
  and 
  intermediate 
  between 
  P. 
  cucullata 
  

   and 
  P. 
  muelleri. 
  

  

  Head 
  rusty 
  black, 
  more 
  brownish 
  on 
  the 
  forehead, 
  general 
  

   colouring 
  of 
  more 
  yellowish 
  green 
  ; 
  and 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  median 
  

   patch 
  slightly 
  blacker 
  than 
  in 
  P. 
  muelleri. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Island 
  of 
  Banka 
  or 
  Bangka. 
  

  

  3. 
  Pitta 
  atricapilla. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  atricapilla, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  438. 
  

  

  Young, 
  first 
  plumage. 
  Head 
  rusty 
  brown; 
  cheeks, 
  nape, 
  

   and 
  sides 
  of 
  head 
  rusty 
  black 
  ; 
  throat 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  bill 
  dusky 
  

   black 
  ; 
  rest 
  of 
  throat 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  neck 
  dull 
  white 
  ; 
  back, 
  

   scapulars, 
  and 
  outer 
  secondaries 
  dull 
  brownish 
  green 
  ; 
  breast 
  

   and 
  flanks 
  brownish 
  buff; 
  median 
  patch 
  pale 
  pink. 
  No 
  

   shoulder-patch 
  ; 
  a 
  broad 
  rump-band 
  of 
  bright 
  blue. 
  Wings 
  : 
  

   primaries 
  black, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  speculum 
  ; 
  secondaries 
  

   dusky 
  black, 
  broadly 
  edged 
  with 
  green 
  ; 
  six 
  secondary 
  coverts 
  

   centred 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  spot, 
  forming 
  a 
  distinct 
  white 
  

   bar. 
  Bill 
  brown 
  tipped 
  with 
  orange 
  ; 
  legs 
  brown. 
  

  

  (Described 
  from 
  Palawan 
  specimens.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  P. 
  muelleri 
  by 
  

   having 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  belly 
  black, 
  the 
  scarlet 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  