myiothkrinje. 503 



and rills, on various hard insects. I found tlie remains of insects 

 in those -which I examined. Hodgson further remarks that it flies 

 very badly, and is easily caught ; and that it never perches save 

 at nightj and then only on low bushes. He examined the anatomy, 

 and states that in this respect it resembles Thrushes generally; but 

 that the intestinal canal is longer, being 30 inches in length. 



To this group belongs P. cterulea, Kaffles, of the Malayan penin- 

 sula and Sumatra; and P. maxima, Forsten, from Gilolo, with blue 

 shoulder-spots, white breast, and red abdomen. 



Gen. Pitta, Vieill. (as restricted.) 



Char. — Bill moderate ; tip slightly forked ; wings moderate, the 

 2nd and 3rd, or 3rd and 4th, quills being the longest; 1st a little 

 shorter than 4th. This forms the division Brachyuri, Bonap. 



345. Pitta Bengalensis, Gmel. 



P. triostegus apud Blyth, Cat. 908 — Horsf., Cat. 249 — P. 

 brachyura, Jerdon, Cat. 80 — Gould, Cent. H. B., pi. 23 — Gray 

 and Hard w.. 111. Ind. Zool., II., pi. 35, f. 2— Eoyle, 111. Him. Bot., 

 pi. 7, f. 3 — Nourang, Hind., i. e. nine-colored bird — Shumcha, 

 Bencf.^ — Pona-inki, Tel. 



The Yellow-breasted Grodnd-thrush. 



J)escr. —Head olivaceous-fulvous, with a median black stripe from 

 the base of the bill to the back of the neck, meeting another black 

 band that passes through the ears; a white superciliary line 

 extendino' also to the nape, but not quite meeting its fellow ; the 

 whole back, rump, scapulars and wing-coverts, dull blue-green ; the 

 lengthened upper tail-coverts pale blue ; a pale azure-blue patch on 

 the shoulder of the wing ; quills black, with a white bar on the 

 first six primaries, and the tip of all white or albescent ; seconda- 

 ries blue-green on the outer margin, increasing in extent in- 

 wardly ; tail black, tipped with dull blue ; beneath, the chin, 

 throat, and the sides of the neck below the ears, white ; the rest of 

 the lower parts isabelline or fulvescent, with the middle of the lower 

 part of the abdomen, the vent, and the under tail-coverts, scarlet. 



Bill black ; legs ruddy-yellow or yellowish-pink ; irides hazel- 

 brown. 



