400 CLASS AVES. 



Breves of BufFon (Corvus Brachyiiriis, Enl. 257. 258. 

 Edw. 324, and his Asumi.) (T. Cyanurus, Lath. 

 Gml. Corvus Cyanurus, Shaw,) Enl. 355. 



This is the genus Pitia of Vieil. and Temminck. 

 The species are all from India, and Pitta of Waggler, 

 not Temminck, which is Ptilinorhynchus of Kuhl ; 

 the species have been recently more divided, as 



Corvus Brachyurus, PI. Enl. 



t. 258. Edw. 324. T. Triostechus, Spa.? Myiothera 

 Brachyura, llliger. 



Green ; beneath and lines on head fulvous ; wing with 

 a white spotj tail black green tipt. 



The Breve des PhiUippines, PI. Enl. t. 89. is the 

 same as Edwards' with the head of a Thrush. See Vail. 

 Ois. Par. 1. 106. 



Corvus Brachyurus, ^ Lath. PI. Enl. 

 t. 257. Pitta Hippocrepis, Waggler. Myiothera 

 Velata, Tem. 



Green ; beneath yellowish ; head blackish brown ; nape 

 yellowish ; cervical, lunule, and band under the eye 

 black. 



Blue-Tailed Thrush, Lath. T. Cyanurus, Gml. PI. 

 Enl. t. 355. Myiothera Affinis, Mors. Gall. Ois. 

 t. 153. 



Red ; brown beneath ; yellow belly, blue-banded ; back 

 of head and sides of neck with a longitudinal black 

 streak; pectoral band and tail blue; length eight inches. 

 India, not South America. 



Pitta Strepitans, Tem. PI. Col. t. 383. 



