Although the various species of the red-breasted Pittas possess nearly the same 
coloration, yet the hues are so differently distributed that each species сап be readily 
distinguished from all the others. 
Nothing as yet has been recorded of the nesting or habits of this Pitta. 
Ramsay's description of Р. finschi is as follows :— 
“ Whole of head, nape, neck, and chin of a dark reddish chocolate-brown, tinged with 
reddish in certain lights ; throat black ; across the chest a broad band of blue, bounded 
below by a narrow band of black, all the feathers of the black band tipped with erimson ; 
the remainder of the under surface very deep rich erimson ; outer series of the under 
tail-coverts tipped with blackish-blue. The whole of the upper surface, lower portion 
of hind neck, wings, and tail deep blue, of the same tint as that of the chest ; Inner webs 
of the quills above and all their under surface black. A small white spot on the shoulder- 
coverts, and an oval white spot on the 3rd and 4th, and x some on the 5th, primary quills. 
Bill black; legs and feet blackish-brown. 
from forehead 1-15, from nostril 1:8." 
Length 6—7 in., wing 4, tail 2, tarsus 1:6, bill 
European ornithologists have had no opportunity of comparing the specimen described 
by Dr. Ramsay, and an effort was made, but without success, to have it sent to London, 
where its specific standing could easily have been determined, and if distinct a portrait of 
the bird be given in this work. We shall have to await the arrival of specimens at some 
of the great museums before deciding whether my reference of the bird to Р. cyanonota 
18 ап error ог not. 
