1918. ] H. C. Ropinson & C. B. Kross: Birds. 153 
b-h. 4 3,2 9,1¢imm. Sungei Kumbang, Korin- 
chi, Sumatra, 4,700 feet. 25th March-roth 
May, 1914.. [Nos. 423, 562, 633, 720, 776, 
1578, 1601. ] 
Mm. 2 3,2 9,29imm. Korinchi Peak, Sumatra, 
7,300 feet. 27th April-r4th. May, 1914. 
[Nos. 1190-1, 1481, 1532, 1526.] 
_ “Male, iris hazel, bill horn, pinkish at base, whitish at 
tip, feet purplish. 
Female, iris hazel, bill greyish horn, pale at gape and 
tip, feet purplish.” 
Immature :—“ Iris dark, bill mingled black and vermilion, 
feet purplish flesh.” 
This handsome Pitta, as the above series shows, was very 
common in the Korinchi country from. the valley floor up 
to about 7,000 feet, above which it did not occur. Its habits 
were similar to those of other species of the genus, and it was 
met with, generally in pairs, running about the paths and 
among the undergrowth. Its food apparently consisted largely 
of a very big species of cock-roach not uncommon among the 
vegetation, but vegetable matter was also taken. The note is 
a loud whistle not unlike that of Myiophoneus, and was often 
heard at Sungei Kumbang in the early morning. 
The adult male and the immature specimens agree per- 
fectly with Hartert’s description; the adult female has not 
hitherto been described but differs from the other sex in 
having the back and mantle, scapulars and wing coverts oliva- 
ceous brown, less chestnut than the head and in entirely 
lacking the black collar on the hind neck. The upper tail 
coverts and tail are blue. 
Dimensions: Males, total length, 207-228; wing, 118-125 ; 
tail, 54-63; bill from gape, -37-39.5; tarsus, 50.5-56 mm. 
Females, total length, 222-230; wing, 117-118; tail, 57-58; 
bill from gape, 36-38; tarsus, 50.5-52 mm. 
70. Pitta venusta, Miill. 
Pitta venusta, Mill.; Mill. and Schleg. Verh. Nat. Gesch. 
Pitta, pp. 6, 15 (1846); Nicholson, Ibis, 1883, p. 254; Sclater, 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xiv, p. 429 (1888); Vorderman, Nat. 
Tijd. Nederl. Ind. xlix, p. 406, no. 337 (1880). 
a. 1 g. Siolak Daras, Korinchi Valley, Sumatra, 
3 
3,000 feet. 25th March, 1914. [No. 417.] 
b-c. 2 g. Sandaran Agong, Korinchi Valley, Suma- 
tra, 2,450 feet. 29th May-2nd June, 1914. 
[Nos. 1760, 1838. ] 
‘Tris hazel or brown, bill black, feet slate or purplish 
black.” 
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