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304. Pitta sordida cucuUata Hartl. 



Pitta c7(.cuUata, Hart]., Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 65 ( Malacca ~ ; 

 A., pp. 243, 512 (Tavoy to Malewoou) ; F,, p. 49 (Trang) ; 

 G., p. 149 (Ratburi and Petchaburi) ; H., p. 97 (Bandon). 



6 , 2. Hat Sanuk, Rajaburi, Peninsiilar Siam, 13-15 Ai^ril 1919 

 (Nos. 5269, 5322). 



"Iris dark ; bill black ; feet purplish flesh". 



Totallength c7, 168; 2, 173; wing c^, 110; 9, 110; tail c? , 

 43: $,46; tarsus cT, 40; 2, 38; bill from gape d, 27.5; 9, 27 mm. 



Never very abundant at any time in the Malay Peninsula, 

 and probably not resident throughout the year as it is known to 

 migrate southwards down the Straits of Malacca in October, Novem- 

 ber and the early part of December. 



As the name for the species, Turdus sordidus Mllller, has 

 priority over the better known Pitta atrica'pilla Lesson (vide Ober- 

 holser, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 32, 1919, p. 239), we have here 

 adopted it. 



305. Pitta megarhyncha Schleg. 



Pitta megarhyncha, Schleg., Vog. Nederl. Ind. 1863, Het Geslacht 

 Pitta, p. 11, pi. 4, fig. 2 (Banka) ; A., p. 242 (Tavoy to Chonlai 

 Creek) ; C i, p. 416 (Tenasserim) : F , p. 48 (Trang) ; J, p. 167 

 (Langkawi and Terutau). 



J. Pangnga River, Peninsular Siam, 11 February 1919 

 (No. 3946). 



" Bill black ; feet purplisli lavender ". 



Wing 117: tarsus 38: bill from gape 37.5 mm. (measured 

 dry). 



Shot among mangroves, outside which this species, at any 

 rate in our experience, is never found. Davison and Gates give no 

 account of the type of forest frequented by the specimens they 

 obtained. 



I. Gyldenstolpe, Kiingl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. M. Baker, Journ. X. H. Soc. Siam, iii, 1919. 



56, No. 2. 1916. (first part). 



J. Robinson, Joiirn. F. M. S. Mils, vii, 1917. Baker, .lourn. N. H. Soc. Siam. iii, 1919. 



K. Kloss, rtjis, 1918. (second part)' 



U. Kobinson and Kloss. .Toui'n. X. H. Soc. Siam, M. I. Baker, .Joiirn, X. 11. Soc. Siam, iv, 1920. 



iii, 1919. (third part). 



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