PITTA LORIZ. 
LORIA S PH TA 
Pitta lorie, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Gen. ser. 2, vol. ix. 1889-90, p. 579 (Su-a-u Island).—Sclat, 
Ibis, 1891, p. 137. 
Hasırar.—Su-a-u Island, near South Cape, New Guinea (Loria). 
Whole head chestnut, with rather indistinct black superciliaries ; back green ; wing-coverts and outer 
webs of secondaries pale blue; primaries blackish-brown, paler at the tips; speculum and spot on 
shoulders white; lower back and tail blue. Throat and neck in front extending onto the breast 
jet-black. Sides of breast and flanks green. A broad pale blue band across the upper part of breast, 
bordered beneath with a jet-black bar. Rest of underparts crimson. Bill black. Tarsi and feet 
lead-colour. Total length 72 inches, wing 41, tail 14, tarsus 12, culmen z. 
This beautiful Pitta was described by Count Salvadori as above stated. Only the 
type is known, and this was brought to London by Salvadori in order that its portrait 
might adorn my work, and the figures in the Plate were drawn from this example. 
My thanks are due to my friend for the loan of this unique specimen. 
Loria's Pitta is allied to P. mackloti, but can readily be distinguished from that species 
by the chestnut head and the absence of the pale reddish-brown occiput and hind neck 
so conspicuous in P. mackloti. 
Nothing has been recorded of its habits or economy, and the species has only been found 
on Su-a-u, a small island lying off the south-eastern end of New Guinea. 
