﻿Species 
  of 
  the 
  Family 
  Pittidse. 
  507 
  

  

  2. 
  EUCICHLA 
  ELLIOTT. 
  

  

  Eucichla 
  ellioti, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  448. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  examine 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  

   Pitta, 
  but 
  venture 
  to 
  place 
  it 
  next 
  to 
  E. 
  cyanea 
  on 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  greater 
  wing-coverts 
  and 
  

   secondaries, 
  and 
  because 
  its 
  tail 
  is 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  typical 
  

   Eucichla. 
  

  

  3. 
  Eucichla 
  gurneyi. 
  

  

  Eucichla 
  gurneyi, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  448. 
  

  

  The 
  absence 
  of 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  greater 
  wing-coverts 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  secondaries, 
  the 
  pale 
  blue 
  tail, 
  and 
  blue 
  head 
  are 
  sufficient 
  

   to 
  indicate 
  the 
  relationsiiip 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  to 
  E. 
  ellioti. 
  

  

  4. 
  Eucichla 
  baudi. 
  

  

  Pitta 
  baudi, 
  Scl. 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  444. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  Pitta 
  must, 
  I 
  think, 
  find 
  its 
  place 
  between 
  

   E. 
  gurneyi 
  and 
  E. 
  boschi. 
  The 
  blue 
  head 
  (of 
  which 
  the 
  

   feathers 
  in 
  both 
  species 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  narrow) 
  and 
  its 
  blue 
  tail 
  

   and 
  tail-coverts 
  show 
  its 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  species, 
  while 
  

   its 
  broadly 
  white-edged 
  greater 
  and 
  secondary 
  wing-coverts 
  

   and 
  dark 
  blue 
  breast 
  betray 
  its 
  alliance 
  to 
  the 
  latter. 
  In 
  

   Borneo 
  I 
  was 
  fortunate 
  in 
  shooting 
  a 
  male, 
  which 
  I 
  judge 
  to 
  

   be 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  plumage; 
  it 
  differs, 
  at 
  any 
  rate, 
  somewhat 
  

   considerably 
  from 
  specimens 
  from 
  Baram. 
  It 
  has 
  no 
  blue 
  

   band 
  on 
  the 
  nape, 
  the 
  blue 
  crown 
  near 
  the 
  nape 
  is 
  distinctly 
  

   marked 
  with 
  crimson; 
  the 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  breast 
  descends 
  

   further 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  breast 
  are 
  

   of 
  a 
  coppery 
  reddish 
  purple; 
  the 
  belly 
  is 
  bluish 
  purple; 
  the 
  

   flanks 
  are 
  slightly 
  barred 
  with 
  orange-red 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  belly 
  

   and 
  crissum 
  are 
  pinkish 
  white. 
  The 
  first 
  plumage 
  of 
  the 
  

   male 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen. 
  The 
  iris 
  and 
  bill 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  

   black 
  and 
  the 
  legs 
  slate-blue. 
  

  

  The 
  unbarred 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  might 
  raise 
  ob- 
  

   jections 
  to 
  placing 
  this 
  species 
  with 
  Eucichla, 
  but 
  the 
  wings 
  

   and 
  the 
  sudden 
  change 
  of 
  colour 
  from 
  brown 
  to 
  blue 
  at 
  the 
  

   tail-coverts 
  are 
  surely 
  true 
  appurtenances 
  to 
  Eucichla. 
  

  

  Gould 
  remarks 
  of 
  the 
  figures 
  in 
  Elliot's 
  Monograph 
  that 
  

   they 
  " 
  are 
  represented 
  with 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  white 
  band 
  across 
  

  

  