﻿Species 
  of 
  the 
  Family 
  Pittidse. 
  503 
  

  

  breast 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  much 
  more 
  glossed 
  with 
  purple, 
  

   while 
  others 
  have 
  a 
  much 
  brighter 
  shade 
  of 
  purple 
  on 
  the 
  

   back, 
  so 
  much 
  so 
  that 
  Gould 
  thought 
  they 
  might 
  belong 
  to 
  

   two 
  species, 
  for 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  proposed 
  the 
  MS. 
  name 
  of 
  

   P. 
  adoranda. 
  

  

  The 
  soft 
  parts 
  are 
  most 
  likely 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  P. 
  ussher'i, 
  

   i. 
  e. 
  legs 
  pale 
  slate-blue. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  young 
  in 
  first 
  plumage 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  upper 
  parts 
  

   are 
  dusky 
  blacky 
  with 
  a 
  pink 
  tinge 
  on 
  the 
  crown 
  ; 
  the 
  post- 
  

   superciliaries 
  dark 
  blue 
  and 
  scarcely 
  visible 
  ; 
  the 
  underparts 
  

   dusky 
  grey, 
  mixed 
  with 
  pale 
  pink 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  and 
  tail 
  dull 
  

   black, 
  glossed 
  and 
  edged 
  with 
  blue 
  ; 
  the 
  bill 
  tipped 
  with 
  

   orange. 
  

  

  4. 
  Pitta 
  coccinea. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  coccinea, 
  Scl. 
  op, 
  cit. 
  p, 
  431, 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  P. 
  granatina, 
  but 
  the 
  scarlet 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  com- 
  

   mences 
  closer 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  bill, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  lighter 
  or 
  

   more 
  rosy 
  crimson, 
  which 
  difference 
  in 
  colour 
  is 
  brought 
  

   about 
  by 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  feathers 
  being 
  much 
  whiter 
  than 
  

   in 
  P. 
  granatina. 
  The 
  post-superciliary 
  stripe 
  and 
  wing- 
  

   coverts 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  deeper 
  blue 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  feathers 
  of 
  the 
  throat 
  

   are 
  tipped 
  with 
  scarlet. 
  Some 
  specimens 
  are 
  much 
  lighter 
  

   on 
  the 
  throat 
  than 
  others, 
  and 
  are 
  probably 
  females. 
  The 
  

   colours 
  of 
  the 
  soft 
  parts 
  are 
  probably 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  P. 
  grana- 
  

   tina 
  ; 
  the 
  young 
  are 
  also 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  that 
  species. 
  

  

  5, 
  Pitta 
  arcuata. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  arcuata, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  431. 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  bears 
  a 
  very 
  close 
  resemblance 
  

   to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  group, 
  and 
  P. 
  arcuata 
  may 
  be 
  looked 
  

   upon 
  as 
  the 
  connecting-link 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  sections. 
  They 
  

   are 
  brown 
  above, 
  shading 
  into 
  dull 
  bluish 
  green 
  on 
  the 
  rump 
  

   and 
  tail 
  ; 
  under 
  surface 
  dull 
  brown, 
  shading 
  into 
  pale 
  pink 
  on 
  

   the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  belly 
  ; 
  flanks 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  

   without 
  a 
  sign 
  of 
  the 
  blue 
  pectoral 
  band 
  ; 
  the 
  post-super- 
  

   ciliaries 
  are 
  dull 
  green 
  and 
  hardly 
  noticeable. 
  This 
  plumage 
  

   is 
  almost 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  nestling 
  plumage 
  in 
  the 
  group 
  

  

  