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  Mr. 
  John 
  Whitehead 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  10. 
  Pitta 
  finschi. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  finschi, 
  Ramsay, 
  Proc. 
  Linn. 
  Soc. 
  N. 
  S. 
  Wales, 
  ix. 
  

   p. 
  864 
  (i885). 
  

  

  This 
  form 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  P. 
  mackloti 
  

   by 
  having 
  the 
  whole 
  back 
  blue 
  instead 
  of 
  dark 
  green 
  ; 
  but 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  met 
  with 
  intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  two, 
  i. 
  e. 
  

   with 
  green 
  scapulars. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Astrolabe 
  Mts., 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  11. 
  Pitta 
  lori^e. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  lori(E, 
  Salvad. 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Civ. 
  Gen. 
  2, 
  ix. 
  p. 
  579. 
  

   This 
  Pitta 
  is 
  distinguished 
  by 
  having 
  no 
  red 
  on 
  the 
  nape. 
  

   Hab. 
  Island 
  Su-a-u, 
  South 
  Cape, 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  12. 
  Pitta 
  kochi. 
  

  

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

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  somewhat 
  distinct 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  group, 
  judging 
  

   by 
  Gould's 
  figure 
  (vol. 
  v. 
  pi. 
  71) 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Birds 
  of 
  Asia.' 
  

  

  Genus 
  IV. 
  Eucichla. 
  

   The 
  genus 
  Eucichla 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  seven 
  distinct 
  species, 
  

   not 
  all 
  closely 
  allied, 
  but 
  still 
  sufficiently 
  so 
  to 
  unite 
  them 
  

   under 
  one 
  generic 
  title. 
  The 
  first 
  four 
  species 
  have 
  shorter 
  

   tails 
  than 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  species 
  are 
  without 
  

   white 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  wing-coverts, 
  while 
  the 
  last 
  four 
  are 
  

   conspicuously 
  marked 
  with 
  that 
  colour. 
  E. 
  baudi 
  (sp. 
  4) 
  is 
  

   therefore 
  the 
  connecting-link 
  between 
  these 
  two 
  subgroups. 
  

   The 
  sexes 
  are 
  diflFerent. 
  

  

  1. 
  Eucichla 
  cyanea. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  cyanea, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  417. 
  

  

  Though 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  considerably 
  broader 
  

   than 
  that 
  of 
  true 
  Eucichla, 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  its 
  

   nearest 
  allies 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  that 
  genus, 
  in 
  which 
  Gates 
  

   has 
  rightly 
  placed 
  it. 
  The 
  feathers 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  are 
  barred 
  ; 
  

   the 
  general 
  idea 
  gained 
  by 
  a 
  glance 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  spotted, 
  

   but 
  on 
  examining 
  the 
  hidden 
  parts 
  of 
  these 
  feathers 
  they 
  

   will 
  be 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  distinctly 
  barred 
  as 
  in 
  true 
  Eucichla. 
  The 
  

   superciliary 
  stripe 
  is 
  intensified 
  on 
  the 
  nape, 
  as 
  in 
  Eucichla 
  

   boschi. 
  

  

  