328 ON THE GENUS PITTA. 



colours in general, and noted this difference in my diary ; but now, in the 

 cabinet, I do not see the slightest difference in several of the New-Guinea 

 specimens. 



" It is to be regretted that the Erythropittas from the Philippines are 

 not better known than they are. Indeed I did not meet a single specimen 

 on Cuyo, Luzon, Guimaras, Panay, Negros, or Cebu. As far as I am aware, 

 only Luzon can be stated at present as the exact habitat of Pitta erythrogastra, 

 on the authority of Cuming. But Luzon is a large, long, extended island ; 

 and the note ^ Luzon ' is not sufficient to enable one to go closer into the 

 question, particularly as another Erythropitta has recently been described, 

 likewise from ^ Luzon' (viz. Pitta kochi^, by Briiggemann*. 



" It w^ould be most desirable to investigate whether, perhaps on the 

 islands intermediate between Luzon and the Sangi Islands (for instance, on 

 the large one, Mindanao), there exists a Pitta which could be placed between 

 Pitta erythrogastra from Luzon and Pitta cceruleitorqiies from Sangi, or 

 whether it resembles exactly one of these two. 



" Pitta palliceps was recorded by Briiggemann from ^Sangir;' but this 

 cannot be exact. The specimens which Schlegel enumerates (Mus. P.-B. 

 Rev. Pitta, p. II) are all from Siao, and were acquired at different times by 

 different collectors. I did not get any specimen from Siao, but several of 

 Pitta cceruleitorques from Sangi ; the exact habitat is Tabukan, on the north- 

 east coast of the island. Salvadori did not describe the male and female of 

 this species ; he only had in his hands one specimen, and does not mention 

 its sex. I cannot state any difference between the male and female. 



" The following Table shows some of the relations of the species 

 mentioned :— 



^ [F. Briiggemann. — Editor of O. M.] 



