collected in Dutch Kexo, Guinea. 179 



Pitta mackloti. 



Pitta mackloti Temm.; Sclater, Cat. xiv. p. 436 (1888) ; 

 vanOort,p.83 (1909) ; Ogilvie-Grant, P. &P.p. 281 (1912); 

 id. Ibis, 1913, p. 93 ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 492(1913). 



a-d. c? ? . Upper Mimika River, 27th Jan., 28th Feb., 

 & 3rd April, 1910. [Nos. 1007, 1099, 1100, 1123, G. C. S.'] 



e-r. (J ? et ? iinm. Parimau, Mimika River, 13th Sept. 

 1910-8th Jan. 1911. [Nos. 182, 212, 746, 809, 810, 815, 

 821, 832, 833, 843, 858, 892, C. H.B. G.'\ 



s. c? . White Water Camp, Kapare River, 4000 ft., 20th 

 Oct. 1910. [No. 343, C.B. B. G.'\ 



t. c? . Tuaba River, 14th Sept. 1910. [No. 1166, G. C. S.] 



u-d'. (7 ? et 9 imm. Wataikvva River, 17th Sept.-21st 

 Oct. 1910 and 4th Feb. 1911. [Nos. 1173, 1181, 1182, 1191, 

 1280, 1395, 1396, 1402, 1418, G. C. S.] 



e'-f. S ? • Iwaka River, 26th Jan. & 4th Feb. 1911. 

 [Nos. 920, 990, C. H. B. G.'] 



g'-V . (J ? et ? imm. Launch Camp, Setakwa River, 3rd- 

 27th Oct. 1912 and 21st March, 1913. [ C. B. K.] 



m'-u. J $ et $ imm. Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 

 13th-28th Nov. & 7th Dec. 1912. [ C. B.K.'\ 



Iris brown ; upper mandible black, lower dark brown ; 

 feet plumbeous, tarsi paler. 



Total length in the flesh 195-210 mm. ( = 7|-8^ inches). 



As in P. atricapilla, the amount of white on the primaiy 

 quills varies individually. It may extend from the inner 

 web of the 2nd quill to the outer web of the 5th, or from 

 the 3rd to the 5th, or again from the 3rd to the 4th 

 only. 



The young of this species seems to attain the adult plumage 

 at the first moult, passing straight from the brown dress of 

 immaturity to that of the adult. Young birds about a 

 month or six weeks old were obtained from September to 

 December, and by the 28th of November many had 

 assumed the greater part of the adult plumage. By the 

 following March they are practically indistinguishable from 

 the adult, but down the middle of the belly a few sandy- 

 brown feathers may still be detected. 



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