178 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-arant on Birds 



e-g. ^. Parimau, Mimika River^ 6th Sept. & 16tli Nov. 

 1910 and 10th Jan. 1911. [Nos. 150, 893, C.H.B.G; & 

 1519, G.C.S.'] 



7i, I. c? ? . Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 6th Oct. 1912. 

 [CB.K.-] 



k, /.(??• Canoe Camp^ Setakwa River, 12th Nov. 1912. 

 [CB.K] 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet livid flesh-colour to 

 deep flesh-colour. 



Total length in the flesh 177 mm. ( = 7 inches). 



There can be no doubt that Pitta atricajMlta Quoj and 

 Gaimard is the oldest name for this bird. 



The amount of white on the 4th and 5th primary quills 

 varies much in different individuals, but the majority have 

 a white spot on the 4th and 5tli primary quills. In a fine 

 ojd male (No, 193), with the breast aud sides of the belly 

 mostly purplish-blue, the white is reduced to a small spot on 

 the basal third of the inner web ; in s^n equ^,lly fine adult 

 female (No. 178) the spots are Somewhat larger, and that 

 on the 5th quill extends across the outer web. Two 

 younger females, with the breast and sides of the belly 

 golden-green slightly edged with purplish-blue, vary still 

 further : in No. 176 the spots are somewhat like those of the 

 adult female No. 178, while in No. 201 the white patch on 

 the 4th and 5th quills is larger and extends across the outer 

 webs ; there is also a small white Spot on either web of the 

 6th quill. One specimen from Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 

 has no white on the quills, the position of the spots being 

 merely indicated by a short white line on the shafts of the 

 4th and 5th quills. The £imount of white does not seem to 

 be dependent on age, 



" The New Guinea Green Pitta was observed at Parimau, 

 where it was decidedly scarce, but round Wakatimi it was by 

 no means uncommon. Its habits and a^ctions are similar to 

 those of P. mackloti ; but, according to our Dyak collectors, 

 the call is quite different, though I was never fortunate 

 enough to hear it.''— C. ILB. G. 



