PITTA BRACHYURA. 
| | INDIAN PITTA. 
The Short-tailed Pye, Edw. Glean. vol. iii. 1764, p. 242, t. 324. 
Corvus brachyurus, Linn. Syst. Nat. vol. i. 1766, p. 158 (partim).—Lath. Ind. Orn. vol. i. 1780, p. 166. sp. 43 
(partim). 
Corvus brachyurus bengalensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. vol. 1. 1778, р. 376. sp. 15, var. у. 
La Brève de Malacca, Sonn. Voy. Ind. Orient. vol. ii. 1782, p- 190, t. 110. 
Turdus malaccensis, Scopoli, Del. Faun. Flor. Insubr. vol. ii. 1786, p- 95. 
Turdus triostegus, Sparrm. Mus. Carls. 1788, pl. 84. 
Pitta bengalensis, Vieill. Ency. Méth. vol. ii. 1791, p. 685.—Steph. Gen. Zool. vol. xiii. 1825, pt. ü. р. 183.— 
Horsf. & Moore, Cat. В. E. Ind. Co. vol. i. 1854, p. 184. sp. 249.—Jerd. В. Ind. vol. i. 1862, 
р. 503.—Id. Ibis, 1872, p. 133.—Gray, Cat. Mamm. & В. Nepal, 1863, p. 40.—Wall. Ibis, 1864, 
р. 105.—Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 696.—Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 410.—-Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 
1874, p. 15.—Gould, B. Asia, vol. v. pl. 64.—Id. Mon. Pitt. 1880, pl. 1. 
Myiothera brachyura, Сау. Regn. Anim. vol. i. 1817, р. 356. 
Pitta brachyura, Frankl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1830-31, р. 117.— Gould, Cent. Himal. B. 1832, pl. 23.—Gray, Ill. 
Ind. Zool. vol. ii. 1832, pl. 55. fig. 2.—Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. 1839, p. lxxvii, pl. 7. fig. 3.—Jerd. 
Madr. Journ. 1839, p. 251.—Eyton, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 104 (Malacca).—M üll. & Schleg. 
Verh. Natuur. Geschied. Neder. overz. Bezitt., Zool. Pitta, 1839-44, p. 17.—Gray, Gen. B. vol. i. 
1846, p. 213. sp. 14.—Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. 1852, p. 12.—Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 
ser. 2, vol. xii. 1853, p. 269 (Ceylon).—Holdsw. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 445 (Ceylon).—Legge, 
Ibis, 1874, p. 18 (Ceylon).— Ball, Str. Feath. vol. vii. 1878, p. 213. no. 158 (Godavery).—Dav. & 
Wend. Str. Feath. vol. vii. 1878, p. 82. no. 345.— Hume, Str. Feath. vol. viii. 1879, p. 94. no. 345.— 
Vidal, Str. Feath. vol. ix. 1880, p. 61 (South Konkan).—Davison, Str. Feath. vol. x. 1882, pp. 304, 
373. no. 345 (Dhulia, Western Kandesh ; Ootacamund and in the Wynaad).—Sclat. Cat. B. vol. xiv. 
1888, p. 423.—Stejn. Auk, 1893, p. 182.—Whitehead, Ibis, 1893, p. 495. 
Citta brachyura, Wagl. Syst. Av. 1827 (Corvus), sp. obsc. no. 13. 
Citta abdominalis, Wagl. Syst. Av. 1827 (Corvus), sp. obsc. no. 15. 
Citta superciliaris, Wagl. Syst. Av. 1827 (Corvus), sp. obsc. no. 17. 
Pitta malaccensis, Gray, Gen. B. vol. i. 1846, p. 215. sp. 17.—Schleg. Mus. Pays-B. 1863, p. 12. 
Pitta abdominalis, Gray, Gen. B. vol. i. 1846, p. 213. sp. 16. 
Pitta triostegus, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1849, p. 157. no. 908. 
Brachyurus malaccensis, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. vol. i. 1850, p. 254. sp. 8. 
Brachyurus bengalensis, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. vol. i. 1850, p. 254. sp. 9.—Id. Consp. Voluc. Anisod. 1854, 
p. 7.—Elliot, Mon. Pitt. 1863, pl. vi. 
Coloburis malaccensis, Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. pt. ii. 1859-60, p. 4. sp. 5. 
Coloburis brachyura, Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. pt. ii. 1859-60, p. 4. sp. 6. 
Brachyurus coronatus, Elliot (nec Müll.), Ibis, 1870, p. 414. 
Pitta coronata (nec Müll.), Hume, Nests & Eggs Ind. B. 1873, p. 224.—Ball, Str. Feath. vol. ii. 1874, 
| p. 406 (Chota Nagpur).—Id. ibid. vol. v. 1877, р. 416. no. 345 (Central India).—Hume, Str. Feath. 
vol. iii. 1875, p. 198.— Butler & Hume, Str. Feath. vol. iii. 1875, p. 470. sp. 345 (Mt. Aboo).— 
Fairb. Str. Feath. vol. iv. 1876, p. 257 (Khandala).—Legge, B. Ceylon, vol. ii. 1880, p. 687. 
Pitta brachycerca, Legge, Ibis, 1875, p. 290 (Ceylon). 
. Hasrrat.—tIndian Peninsula and Ceylon. 
A broad stripe on centre of head, sides of face, and nape jet-black ; superciliaries buffy-white, becoming 
bluish-white on the nape; front and top of head between superciliaries and black central stripe 
yellowish-brown. Back yellowish-green ; greater tail-coverts yellowish-green like the back; lesser 
coverts and rump light blue; secondaries black, with a portion of outer web near the tip green, edged 
with bluish, this colour covering more of the web towards the innermost secondaries, where it includes 
