378 NoVITATHS 200L0GlCAB XXIX. 1&22. 



XENICIDAE. 



969. Traversia lyalli Rothsch. = Traversia lyalli. 



Traversia lyalli Rothschild, Bull. B.O. Club, iv. p. x. (December 1894 — " Stephen's Island, New 

 Zealand ".). 



Type : (J ad., Stephen Island in Cook Strait between North and South Islands 

 of New Zealand, 1894, caught by the lighthouse keeper's cat, bought from Henry 

 Travers. 



FITTIDAE. 



970. Pitta conciima everetti Hart. = Pitta elegans everetti. 

 Pitta concinna everetti Hartert, Nov. Zool. v. p. 459 (1898 — Alor). 



TjT^ : <? ad., Island of Alor (between Flores and Wetter), April 1897. 

 Alfred Everett leg. 



(There can, in my opinion, be no doubt that P. concinna, everetti, maria, 

 vigorsi, and virginalis are all subspecies of Pitta elegans \irena auct !], the question 

 only being if they could not aU be subspecies of the Indian brachyura !) 



971. Pitta maria Hart. = Pitta elegans maria. 

 Pitta maria Hartert, Bull. B.O. Club, v. p. 47 (1896 — Sumba Island). 



Type : Adult, hills of Sumba, back at Melola, February 1896, given to 

 WiUiam Doherty by MejufErouw Marie de Korte. 



972. Pitta virginalis Hart. = Pitta elegans virginalis. 

 Pitta virginalis or Pitta irena virginalis Hartert, Nov. Zool: iii. p. 174 (1896 — ^Djampea). 

 Type : ^ ad., Djampea, December 1895. Alfred Everett leg. 



973. Pitta anerythra Rothsch. = Pitta anerythra anerythra. 

 Pitta anerythra Rothschild, Bull. B.O. Club, xii. p. 22 (1901 — ^Isabel Island, Solomon Islands). 

 Type : ^ ad., Isabel Island, 4.vii. 1901. Albert Sif Meek leg. No. 349. 

 (Figure Novitates Zoologicae, ix.) 



974. Pitta anerythra pallida Rothsch. = Pitta anerythra pallida. 



Pitta anerythra paMida Rothschild, Bull. B.O. Club, xv. p. 7 (November 1904 — Bougainville Island, 

 Solomon Islands). 



Type: ,^ ad., Bougainville Island, 26. iv. 1904. Albert S. Meek leg. No. 



1664. 



975. Pitta mackloti aruensis Rothsch. & Hart. = Pitta mackloti aruensis. 

 Pitta mackloti a/ruensia Rothschild & Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. p. 63 (1901 — Aru Islands). 



Type : (J ad., Wokan, Aru Islands, 4.x. 1900. Heinrich Kiihn leg. No. 254. 



976. Pitta kuehni Rothsch. = Pitta mackloti kuehni. 

 Pitta kuehni Rothschild, Bull. B.O. Club, x. p. iii. (1899—" Key Islands and Koer "). 



Type: <J ad., Ealsoein, Koer Islands, 26. vi. 1899. Heinrich Kiihn leg. 

 No. 1190. 



