402 CLASS AVES. 



ears and quills black ; latter blue tipt ; legs long ; length 

 nine inches. Sumatra, 



Blue-Winged Breve. Pitta Cyanoptera, Tem. PI. Col. 

 t. 218. 



Back and scapulars green ; wing-coverts and rump blue ; 

 head, chin, and neck black ; crown and half collar 

 yellowish ; throat white ; breast yellow ; belly and vent 

 red. Quill and tail black ; former white-banded ; latter 

 blue tipt; length seven inches. Java. 



Pitta Angolensis, Vieil. 



Head black; dull yellow-green ; throat streaked reddish; 

 collar yellow ; beak green ; small wing-coverts and rump 

 blue. Africa. 



Some species have been separated under the name of 

 Timalia. 



Pitta Pileata, Tem. PI. Col. t. 76. 

 Timalia Pileata, Hors. Zool. Jav. 



Olive-brown ; crown chestnut ; chin and throat lined 

 with black ; belly dull testaceous. Java. 



T. Gularis, Hors. Motacilla, Raffles. 



Brown ; beneath yellowish ; head and tail ferrugineous ; 

 throat and breast black-streaked. Sumatra. 



Timalia Thoracica, Hors. PI. Col. t. 76. 



Olivaceous brown above ; underneath testaceous-gray ; 

 top of head chestnut ; throat and cheeks white j narrow 

 white band from base of bill passes over the eye. 

 Java. 



Temminck has separated the genus Myophonus, 

 which, like the Pitta, belongs to the Old World. 



