84 NILS GYLDENSTOLPE, ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS TO SIAM. 
A winter visitor to Siam. During the cold season it occurred in great numbers 
both in the North and in the Siamese Malaya. They are never to be found in forests, 
but occur where there are large swamps or open country. 
Fam. Pittide. 
156. Anthocichla phayrei. BuytH. — Phayre’s Pitta. 
Anthocichla phayrei: Gyldenstolpe III p. 172; Robinson III p. 742. 
o Pak Koh 9/4 1914. L=209 mm.; W101 mm; T=57 mm.; C = 26 mm. — @ Koon Tan 
10/, 1914. L=190 mm.; W = 97 mm.; T= 52 mm.; C= 26 mm. — ¢ Koon Tan 1914. W = 100 mn.; 
T= 54 mm.; C = 24 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: black. Legs: pale brown. 
Seems to be very rare in Siam and the specimens I obtained were all collected at 
Koon Tan and Pak Koh, both places in Northern Siam. 
As my specimens were all shot by my Dyak collector, I am unable to give any re- 
cords of their habits and the kind of forests where these birds occur. 
157. Pitta cyanea. Buiyru. — The Blue Pitta. 
Pitta cyanea: Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 172; Gairdner p. 149; Robinson HI p. 742. 
Sex Lovality Date Length | Wing Tail ee ’ | Tarsus 
mm. mm. mm. mm. mm. — 
fof Koon Tan 4/6 1914 216 115 64 29 40 
oO Koon Tan 29/4 1914 200 112 59 29 40 
roe Koon Tan 561914 | 210 115 63,2 27 40 : 
a Koon Tan *1/y 1914 226 116 63 29 40 
ie) Koon Tan "/s 1914 205 113 60 29 39 
g Koon Tan 18/o 1914 215 114 57 29 40 
fo) Koon Tan | '%/o1914 | 205 110 58 27 | 38 
Irides: brown. Bill: blackish brown. Legs: flesh colour or plumbeous grey. 
Only obtained in a very dense and thickly wooded valley among the Koon Tan 
Hills. At this place and almost on the same spot seven birds were shot and several more 
observed. 
The Blue Pitta keeps entirely to the ground. It is shy and very difficult to detect 
in the jungles, where it runs about among the undergrowth, very seldom taking to the 
wings. 
The red colour of the crown and nape is sometimes mixed up with yellow and some 
specimens have the breast without any yellowish wash at all, while other have the 
breast and cheeks, as well as the forehead and a well-marked supercilium strongly washed 
with yellow. 
