﻿Species 
  of 
  the 
  Family 
  Pittidae. 
  505 
  

  

  flanks 
  ; 
  centre 
  of 
  belly 
  and 
  under 
  tail-coverts 
  pale 
  pink. 
  

   . 
  Beak 
  tipped 
  with 
  orange. 
  

  

  The 
  soft 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  adults 
  are 
  : 
  iris 
  hazel 
  ; 
  bill 
  black 
  ; 
  

   legs 
  and 
  feet 
  slate-blue. 
  

  

  2. 
  Pitta 
  propinqua. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  propinqua, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  433. 
  

  

  Of 
  this 
  form 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  adult 
  examples, 
  but 
  on 
  com- 
  

   paring 
  the 
  original 
  description 
  with 
  some 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  

   species, 
  I 
  am 
  much 
  inclined 
  to 
  doubt 
  its 
  claim 
  to 
  specific 
  

   rank. 
  

  

  3. 
  Pitta 
  CiERULEiTORQUKs. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  C(Bvuleitorquts, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  433. 
  

  

  4. 
  Pitta 
  rufiventris. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  rujiventris 
  , 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  434. 
  

  

  "Bill 
  dark 
  horny, 
  feet 
  light 
  bluish 
  lead, 
  iris 
  light 
  olive- 
  

   brown 
  " 
  ( 
  Wallace) 
  . 
  

  

  5. 
  Pitta 
  cyanonota. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  cyanonota, 
  Scl, 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  435. 
  

  

  6. 
  Pitta 
  rubrinucha. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  rubrinucha, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  435. 
  

  

  Bill 
  blackish 
  horny, 
  feet 
  light 
  bluish 
  lead, 
  iris 
  light 
  olive- 
  

   brown. 
  

  

  7. 
  Pitta 
  celebensis. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  celebensis, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  436. 
  

  

  Iris 
  greyish 
  brown, 
  bill 
  black, 
  feet 
  greyish 
  black 
  {Meyer). 
  

  

  8. 
  Pitta 
  palliceps. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  palliceps, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  436. 
  

  

  9. 
  Pitta 
  mackloti. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  mackloti, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p, 
  436. 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  in 
  first 
  plumage 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  P. 
  ery- 
  

   throgastra. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  from 
  New 
  Britain 
  have 
  blue 
  lines 
  on 
  rhe 
  crown 
  

   of 
  the 
  head 
  {Fiiisch). 
  

  

  