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The sex was not ascertained, but the type specimen is 

 undoubtedly a male. Culmen 36 mm.; wing 122; tail 50; 

 tarsus 51. 



A young male has the top of the head and neck dull 

 black with drop-like buff spots near the tips of the feathers, 

 the back partly olive-brown with narrow dark edges to the 

 feathers, the wing-coverts with buff spots near the tips, and 

 some of the feathers of the breast and abdomen edged with 

 black. 



Hab. Mt. Si Bajak, Battak Mountains, Upper Deli, North- 

 west Sumatra. 



Obs. The two specimens, now in the Tring Museum, were 

 obtained by Mr. Gustav Schneider, after whom the species 

 has been named. 



The nearest ally of this new species of Pitta is P. cterulea 

 (Raffl.), which, however, is very much larger. Besides other 

 differences, the male of P. carulea has the greater part of the 

 top of the head and the neck glossy black, the sides of the 

 head buff, with a silvery-blue tinge, and the upper surface 

 brighter blue. The female has the head and neck barred 

 and the back rufous-cinnamon. 



ALCIPPE HARINGTONIJE, Sp. n. 



Adult. Most nearly allied to A. phayrei, Blyth, but 

 differs in having a wide black stripe extendiug backwards 

 from the eyes along the sides of the head and neck, and 

 the outer webs of the primaries darker andMess yellow. 

 It differs from A. fratercula, Kippon, in having a much 

 larger and blacker bill, and much brighter outer webs to 

 the primaries, which are yellowish-brown instead of olive- 

 brown. 



Culmen 16'5 mm. The wings of two males measure 

 respectively 65 and 66 mm. ; of a female 69. 



Hab. Bhamo, Upper Burma. 



Type in the Tring Museum : . $ . Bhamo, 29. iii. 09. Col-- 

 lected by Colonel H. H. Harington. 



Obs. A. nipalensis, Hodgs., has a white ring round the eye 

 and a smaller light-coloured bill. 



The species is named in honour of Mrs. Harington. 



