1917.] H.C. Ropinson: Birds from Pulau Langkawi. 167 
67. PITTA MEGARHYNCHA, Schleg. | 
Sclater, tom. cit. p. 421; Robinson and Kioss, p. 48; 
Moulton, Journ. Straits Branch. Roy. Astat Soc. No. 67, p. 157, 
No ws rmi(roir4): 
Pitta brachyura megarhyncha, Parrot, Abh. Konigl. 
Bayern. Akad. der Wiss. II. Kl. XXIV, Band. 1, p. 225 (1907). 
a. &. Kuah, Pulau Langkawi, 27th April, 1915. 
b. $. Pulau Terutau, 3rd March, rgog. 
Though Sclater in the Catalogue and Sharpe in the 
Hand-list (III, p. 180, 1901} record this species as coming only 
from Burma, Tenasserim and the Malay Peninsula, the types 
came from Banka, while Parrot records it, though with some 
doubt as to identification, from Sumatra, where, however, one 
would expect to find it in the low lying south eastern districts. 
Moulton on the strength of a specimen obtained in exchange 
from the Raffles Museum, Singapore, records it from Borneo, 
but the authenticity of the label needs confirmation. 
The species is, as has been pointed out by many authors, 
totally distinct from, and not a form of, P. cyanoptera, which 
is often found with it. Besides the striking difference in the 
size of the bill the present species lacks the black chin-spot 
and the mesial dark line on the crown which is much duller in 
colour than in P. cyanoptera. The colours beneath are less 
intense and the white speculum on the wing more extensive. 
Both Mr. Kloss and myself have found it only in the vicinity 
of, or actually in, mangrove forest, while its ally is much more 
widely spread. 
68. PITTA CYANOPTERA, Temm. 
Selater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv, p. 416 (1888) ; 
Robinson and Kloss, p. 48; Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States 
Mus. V, pp. 97, 147 (1914); Gyldenstolpe p. 84. 
a. ¢. Pulau Dayang Bunting, Langkawi, 9th 
December, 1916. No. 3614. 
b. &. Telok Wau, Terutau, 27th December, 1916. 
No. 3759- 
“Tris hazel, bill black, feet pinkish flesh.” 
Common throughout the Peninsula and Siam at one time 
or other of the year. Often in very large numbers on very 
small islands during the winter months. 
69. PITTA CULCULLATA, Hartl. 
Sclater, tum. cit. p. 448; Robinson and Kloss, p. 49; 
Robinson, antea, vol. v, p. 97 (1914). 
A single somewhat immature female was shot on Pulau 
Paya, between Pulau Langkawi and the Kedah river, on April 
28th, 1915. It is not rare in the north of the Peninsula 
generally but does not seem to be recorded from Siam proper. 
