ORDER PASSERES. 401 



Corvus Brachyurus, e Lath. Sonn. Voy. 

 t. 110. Pitta Superciliaris, Wag. 



Head and nape black ; eyebrows greenish blue-edged ; 

 throat white ; crop and back green ; belly reddish ; 

 vent red. Malacca. 



Pitta Versicolor, Swain. Zool. Jour. 

 Green, beneath fulvous ; rump and wing-coverts caeru- 

 lean blue ; vent red ; crown rufous ; nape, chin, and 

 abdominal spot, black. New Holland. 



Corvus BracJnjurus, jS. Lath, PL Enl. 

 t. 89. Pitta Melanocephala, Wag. Edw. 324. 



Green; head and neck black; rump and wing-coverts 

 bluish-green; tail beneath rosy; tail black. Said by 

 Cuvier to be another species with the head of a black- 

 bird, but Waggler makes it distinct. 



Corvus Brachyurus, n Lath. ? Pitta 

 Brachyura, Vigors. Pitta Australis, n. 



Green; beneath fulvous; eyebrow pale fulvous; head, 

 wings, and tail black; throat and wing-spot white; 

 rump blue; middle of belly and vent scarlet. New 

 Holland. 



Pitta Erythrogastra, Cuv. PI. Col. t. 212. 

 Back and broad pectoral collar green ; head and nape 

 reddish chestnut; chin whitish; throat brown; necklace, 

 wing, tail, and upper tail-coverts blue; beneath crimson ; 

 2, 3, and 4, quills w ith a white spot ; secondaries black ; 

 length six inches. Manilla. 



Pitta Gigas, Tem. PI. Col. t. 217. 

 Blue; beneath brownish ash; crown and half collar; 



