226 riTTiD^. 



2. Pegu, 27th June (E. W. 0.), Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 27th June (E. TV. O.). Crowley Bequest. 

 4. Amherst, Tenasserim, 15th July Hume Coll. 



( W. Davison). 



3. Pynekyun, Tenasserim, 2nd May Hume Coll. 



(C. T. Bingham). 



3. Moulmein, Tenasserim, 9th May Hume Coll. 



(C. T.B.). • 



4. Kaukarit, Tenasserim, 25th May Hume Coll. 



(C. T. B.). 



Pitta megarhyncha, Schl. 



Pitta megarhyncha, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiy. p. 421 (1888) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 393 (1890) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 285 (1890); Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 180 

 (1901). 



A single egg of the Larger Blue-winged Pitta in the Collection is 

 very imperfect, but appears to be similar to the eggs of P. i^yanoptera 

 of the first type described above, and of about the same size." 



1. Tongkah Island, Malay Peninsula, Hume Coll. 



17th April {J. Darling). i 



Pitta brachyura (Linn.). 



Pitta brachyura, Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 423 (1888) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 393 (1890) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs 

 Ind. Birds, ii. p. 285 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 146 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 180 (1901). 



The eggs of the Indian Pitta are of a china-white, marked with 

 spots and small blotches of dark brown or black, brownish red, 

 umber-brown, and lavender. On some specimens there are also 

 some hair-like lines and scrawls. Examples measure from -96 to 

 1'07 in length, and from -8 to -9 in breadth. 



6. Eaipur, Central Provinces, India Hume Coll. 



(F. E. Blewitt). 



7. Raipur, June (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 

 28. Raipur, July (F. R. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Raipur, May {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Raipur, 7th June. Crowley Bequest. 



Pitta strepitans, Temm. 



Pitta strepitans, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 430 (1865) ; Ramsay, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 414, pi. viii. fig. 2 ; Scl. Cat. Birds B. M. xiv. p. 428 

 (1888) ; North, Nests <§■ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 172, pi. xi. fig. 7 

 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 146 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests k 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 525, pi. 16 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii 

 p. 181 (1901). 



The eggs of the Noisy Pitta are variable in coloration and size, 



