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PITTA GRANATINA BORNEENSIS. 
BORNEAN. PURPLE: PITTA. 
Pitta granatina (nec Temm.), Müll. & Schleg. Verh. Natuur. Geschied. Neder., Zool. Pitta, 1839-44, pp. 10, 
15, 20 (Borneo).—Gray, Gen. B. vol. i. 1846, p. 213.—Low, Sarawak, 1848, p. 410.—Schleg. 
Handl. Dierk. vol. i. 1857, p. 253.—Id. Vog. Ned. Ind., Pitta, 1863, pp. 20, 35, pl. v. fig. 3 
(Pontianak, Banjermassing, Borneo).—Id. Mus. P.-Bas, Pitta, 1863, p.5; 1874, p. 9 (Borneo).— 
Wall. Ibis, 1864, p. 107 (partim).—Salvad. Ucc. Born. 1874, p. 242.—Gould, B. Asia, vol. v. 
pl. 67.—Sclat. Cat. B. vol. xiv. 1888, p. 430 (Borneo).—Everett, Journ. Str. B. Roy. Asiat. Soc. 
по. 20, 1889, p. 148.— Whitehead, Ibis, 1893, p. 502. 
Phenicocichla granatina, Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. pt. ii. 1859, p. 5 (partim). 
Brachyurus granatinus, Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 417, fig. 3 (partim).—Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 10 (Bintulu, 
Borneo). 
Erythropitta granatina (nec Temm.), Wald. Ibis, 1872, p. 374. 
Pitta granatina borneensis, Elliot, Auk, 1892, p. 218. 
Hapirat.—Borneo. 
Front and crown, to a line behind the eyes, and sides of head jet-black ; remainder of crown, occiput, 
and nape scarlet ; narrow line behind the eye silvery-blue; back and wings glossy purple; coverts 
and secondaries margined with silvery-blue, much lighter than in Pitta granatina from Malacca. Throat 
very dark purplish-brown; breast and under tail-coverts dull red. Tail purplish-blue. Bill black ; 
legs and feet leaden-blue ; iris brown. Length 6 inches, wing 33, tail 14. 
The bill of the Bornean bird seems to be somewhat shorter and generally smaller than those of 
Malaccan examples. 
This subspecific form of Pitta granatina is restricted to the great island of Borneo. In 
my article on the species from Malacca I have explained why Temminck’s name, always 
heretofore applied to this bird, can no longer be given to it; and as it had received 
no other name, I was obliged, if it was to be’ kept separate from P. granatina, to 
christen it anew. It resembles its relative very closely, but is a somewhat darker and 
richer plumaged bird, with the blue markings of a paler tint and the black on the 
crown more extended. Mr. Everett, who procured it in Borneo, says he shot it in swampy 
old jungle close to the shore. Nothing is known of its economy or habits. The sexes 
do not differ in plumage. 
The Plate represents two adult birds. 
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