PITTA STREPITANS, Temmmck. 

 Noisy Pitta. 



PLATE LXXVII. 



P. supra viridis, subtus ochracea, pileo ferrugineo, medio linea nigra, genis, nucha 

 abdomineque medio nigris, scapulis europygio coeruleis, crista coccinea. 



Breve reveilleur ; Pitta strepitans, Temm. PI. Col. 333. 



This species seems unnoticed until the figure of M. Temminck, who re- 

 ceived his specimen from Mr Leadbeater of this country. It then ap- 

 peared to be the only individual of this form known to belong to New 

 Holland ; and it is only lately that Mr Swainson has, upon very good 

 grounds, added a second species, in his P. versicolor to the interesting or- 

 nithology of that country. M. Temminck's figure appears somewhat larger 

 than our specimen, and the green colour of the upper parts much darker : 

 it also wants the dark centres of the feathers which we have endeavoured 

 to represent ; in other respects they nearly agree. 



The length is nearly nine inches. The bill is deep brownish-black : the 

 forehead and crown deep chesnut-brown, with a narrow stripe of black along 

 the centre, the feathers slightly elongated behind : the cheeks, nape of the 

 neck, and an oval patch on the belly, deep black : the space between the 

 bill and eyes, the chin and throat, blackish-brown : the back, greater and 

 lesser wing-coverts, and secondaries, are yellowish-green ; the base of the 

 secondaries black ; and upon the back and coverts many of the feathers 

 are cleft at the tips, wanting a part of the shaft and lateral webs, and ha- 

 ving several of the webs following the broken part black, forming on each 

 feather a spot of that colour in the form of an inverted ^ : the quills are 

 black, passing into greenish-yellow at the tips, and the fourth, fifth, sixth, 

 and seventh is marked on the outer, and half through the inner webs, with 

 a narrow white bar, but which is entirely hid when the wing is closed : 



