MERULTDJE. 



183 



Sp. I. Co. aurita. 



Turdus auritus. Steph. v. x. p. 310 — -Cayenne. 



Sp. 2. Co. naevia. 



Pipra ca?via. Steph. v. x. p. 32. — Cayenne. 



GENUS LXXXVIL— PITTA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum robusturn, basi sub- 

 crassum, rectum, supra 

 convexum, compressum, 

 acutum ; mandibula su- 

 perior versus apicem emar- 

 ginata, inferior integra, 

 aequalis. 



Alee loDgae. 



Cauda brevis. 



Mtzotheka pars. Cuvier. 



Beak robust, rather thick 

 at the base, straight, con- 

 vex above ; the tipper 

 mandible emarorinate to- 



O 



wards the tip, the loicer 

 entire, equal. 



Wings long. 

 Tail short 



Sp. 1. Pi. Bengalensis. 



Corvus brachyurus. Sha.iv, v. vii. p. 385. pi. 48. — The East 

 Indies. 



Sp. 2. Pi. cyanurus. 



Corvus cyanurus. Shatc, v. vii. p. 384. pi. 47. — The East. 



Sp. 3. Pi- versicolor. Zool. Jour. (Sivain.) v. i. p. 468. 



Pi. viridis infra fidva ; uropygio tectricibusque cceruleis, ano 



?iibro ; vertice rufo ; nucha, mento, maculdque abdomin-ali ni- 



gris. 

 Green Pitta beneath fulvous; with the rump and tail-feathers 



blue ; the vent red ; the crown rufous } the nape, chin, and 



abdominal spot black. 



Inhabits Xew Holland. Length nine inches and 

 a quarter : rather larger than the Song Thrush : the 

 ground colour of the upper parts is pure olive-green ; 

 the greater wing-coverts, and the external half of 



