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" The Corean bird may prove to be a third subspecies, as 

 some birds have very pale flanks ; but I do not, as yet, 

 possess] any specimens, and have seen too few examples to 

 decide the question." 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild also exhibited examples 

 of, and described, the following new species from Isabel, 

 Solomon Islands : — 



Pitta anerythra, n. sp. 



cJ ad. Crown chestnut, darkest along the middle, shading 

 off to yellowish brown on the nape. Sides of head, lores, a 

 narrow line above the eyes, and a broad band round the hind- 

 neck, encircling the crown, deep black ; a few feathers on 

 the chin also blackish. Upper surface from the hind-neck to 

 the tail dark olive-green. Primaries black, the fourth to the 

 sixth with a white median bar of varying extent, sometimes 

 occupying only one, sometimes both webs ; inner primaries 

 with olive tips and olive-green edges to the outer webs near 

 the tip. Lesser wing-coverts very pale metallic blue, the 

 next series with metallic tips of a very light green. Rectrices 

 dark olive-green, black towards the base. Upper tail-coverts 

 black, with glossy tips of pale blue ; the adjoining feathers 

 of the lower rump with glossy bluish-green tips; chin 

 blackish, followed by a white throat-patch ; all the remainder 

 of the under surface ochraceous buff, darkest on the chest, 

 without any red or black. " Iris dark brown, feet light 

 bluish-slate, bill black." Wing about 100 to 105 mm., tail 

 38, metatarsus 45, culmen 29 mm. 



Hab. Isabel Island, Solomon Islands. Mr. Albert S. 

 Meek obtained two males in moult in July 1901. 



Obs. This Pitta is very different from all the known forms 

 of the genus. The nearest ally is apparently Pitta strepitans 

 from Australia, which has, however, the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts black and red, with a black throat and black 

 line on the crown. It is also much larger in size. Pitta is 

 a genus quite new to the Solomon Islands. 



