Rosinson & Koss: Birds of West Sumatra. 267 
PITTIDAE. 
162. Pitta cyanoptera Temm. 
@. Fort de Kock, Padang Highlands, 920 M. 
Iris brown, bill brownish black, feet brownish fleshy. 
Wing 123 mm. 
163. Pitta venusta venusta S. Mull. 
IRS ke IME IG jon Tey 
é imm. Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Bencoolen, 
1000 M. 
36, 6 juv., 2? imm. Suban Ajam, Mt. Kaba, 
Bencoolen, 1200 M. 
2¢. Air Njuruk, Mt. Dempu, Palembang, 1400 M. 
é. Mt. Talamau, Ophir Districts, 1300 M. 
Iris dark greyish brown, bill black, feet lead cclour. 
The immature bird has the iris dark grey, the bill 
black with minium red tip, gape and interior, feet pinkish 
erey. 
Wings 88, 89, 90, 90, 90, 93 mm. 
The highest altitude at which I found this bird was 
1400 M. 
Contents of stomach : insects and small snails. 
The young birds (wings 77, 82, 86) are brown, the 
two younger salmon and pinkish tawny on the abdomen, 
the other with some red on the rump and some red patches 
on the abdomen. The younger bird has the blue post 
orbital stripe of the adult indicated by a line of buffy 
feathers. 
164. Pitta sordida cucullata Hartl. 
vce A, Ll spe LOT 
2. Buo, Padang Highlands, 280 M. 
Iris black, maxilla black, mandible brownish black, 
feet grey. 
Wings, 108, 109 mm. 
165. Pitta nipalensis schneideri Hartert. 
Iie, 6) 1p dle (0G 1S jolly WAL 
6. Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi, 1400 M. 
26, 2,246 imm. Suban Ajam, Mt. Kaba, Bencoo- 
len, 1200 M. 
26. Air Njuruk, Mt. Dempu, Palembang, 1400 M. 
Male : iris sepia brown, bill brownish black, tip paler, 
base pinkish brown, feet and claws greyish pink. 
The female has the bill pale sepia, and immature birds 
have the bill greyish black with paler tip. 
