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probably prevail to a great degree and give the stripe an “orange” арреагапсе The 
“ head and neck enveloped in a hood ” could also only apply to this species or P. coneinna, 
but other discrepancies in the description would not permit his plate to be considered 
as representing that species.  Brisson’s Merle verd des Moluques, which is placed by 
Linnæus among his synonyms of Corvus brachyurus, is not that species, but the present 
one, as in his description Brisson says, “ La tête et la gorge sont noires,” which together 
with the fulvous longitudinal bands on each side of the head above, also described, 
agrees with Р. coronata but not with P. brachyura, which has a white throat. I 
therefore agree with Salvadori, Ornit. Papuas., l. с., that P. coronata, Müller, is the same 
as Р. irena, Temminck, and not the Corvus brachyurus, Linn., to which heretofore the 
name of coronatus has been erroneously applied. 
Müller and Schlegel, /. e., give about all the information we possess of this species. 
They state that it was discovered by them in the year 1829 on Timor, and the specimen 
sent to the Leyden Museum and described by Temminck in his work, ‘ Planches 
Coloriées,’ then in course of publication. This Pitta was first seen in the woods, and also 
in tracts covered with shrubbery, near the town of Amarassie, in the western end of 
Timor, a few hundred feet above the level of the sea, in а hilly region. Later, in the 
island of Samaow, they saw this species several times near the sea-shore not far from 
the woods of Koepang, in lonely wild places covered with timber. It was not very 
shy, went often in pairs, yet occasionally individuals were seen alone, and its habits 
resembled those of Р. eyanura (Eucichla guaiana). In size and in colour of plumage 
no especial difference exists between the sexes. In the stomachs of those killed small 
caterpillars and other insects, principally of the orders of Coleoptera and Diptera, were 
found. 
Mr. Wallace has separated the bird from the Sula Islands as a distinct species under 
the name of crassirostris. In my monograph I kept this form apart, although I did not 
give a figure of it, for I was not satisfied that it was entitled to be deeined specifically 
distinct from the birds from Timor and the other islands; but not having seen 
Mr. Wallace's specimens, I was unable to arrive at a definite decision. In 1870, however, 
when writing my review of this family, published in the “Ibis” of that year, I bad 
Mr. Wallace’s specimen before me, and I then stated that in my opinion it presented no 
characters which would entitle it to specific separation. It did not resemble Р. vigorsi 
or P. concinna, with which Mr. Wallace compared it, being much too large, and 
otherwise different in colour of plumage ; and from typical Р. coronata it varies only in 
having a rather lighter bill, not perceptibly longer, and in the black of the throat not 
extending quite so far on the breast. This last may well be an individual variation. 
The bird in question cannot even be entitled to a subspecific rank, and since my remarks 
were written, now over twenty years ago, I am not aware that any additional claims 
have been advanced in favour of the specific distinetness of the Sula birds. 
