EUCICHLA GUAIANA. 
BLUE-TAILED РІТТА, 
Merle de la Guiane, Buff. Plan. Enlum. 355. 
Turdus guajanus, P. L. S. Müller, Nat. Syst. Suppl. 1766, р. 146.—Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. 1864, 
p. 250. 
Turdus cyanurus, Bodd. Tabl. Plan. Enlum. 1783, p. 21. no. 355.—Gmel. Syst. Nat. vol. 1. 1788, p. 828. 
no. 99.—Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. i. 1790, р. 361. 
Pitta cyanura, Vieill. Encycl. Méth. tom. ii. 1791, p. 685.—Id. Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. tom. iv. 1816, p. 356.— 
Id. Gal. Ois. tom. i. 1834, p. 246, pl. 153.—Less. Trait. Ornith. 1831, p. 394.—Miill. & Schleg. 
Verh. Natuur. Geschied. Ned. overz. Bezitt., Zool. Pitta, 1839—44, р. 3.—Vig. Mem. Raffles, 
p. 659.—Strickl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1846, p. 100, juv. (Malacca).—Gray, Gen. B. vol. 1. 1846, 
р. 213.—Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1849, p. 157.— Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. vol.i. 1850, 
р. 256.—Id. Consp. Vol. Anis. 1854, p. 7. по. 199.—Horsf. & Moore, Cat. В. Mus. E. Ind. Co. 
vol. 1. 1854, p. 183.—Schleg. Vog. Ned. Ind. 1863, pp. 22, 36, pl. 6. figs. 1, 2, 3 (Java).—-Id. Mus. 
P.-Bas, Pitta, 1863, р. 13; 1874, p. 16 (Java).—Elliot, Mon. Pitt. 1863, pl. xxix.—Wall. Ibis, 
1864, p. 107.—Pelz. Nov. Reis. 1865, p. 70.—Nicholson, Ibis, 1881, p. 154 (eggs) (Java).— 
Gould, B. Asia, vol. v. pl. 77.—Sharpe, Ibis, 1889, p. 440 (Java, Whitehead ).—Stejn. Auk, 1893, 
p. 182. 
Myiothera cyanura, Cuv. Regn. Anim. vol. i. 1817, p. 357. 
Eucichla cyanura, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. pt. ii. 1859-60, p. 3. sp. 2.—Sclat. Cat. D. vol. xiv. 1888, 
p. 445. 
Pitta guaiana, Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 420.—Id. Auk, 1893, pp. 51, 187. 
HanrrAT.—Java. 
Male. Head black; a broad stripe from nostril to nape golden-yellow ; back reddish-brown; wings 
brownish-black, greater coverts and outer secondaries edged with pure white ; primaries brownish- 
black, bases white; tail purplish-blue. Chin and throat pure white, passing into golden-yellow on 
sides of neck and lower part of throat. A broad blue band on upper part of breast; underparts 
yellow, crossed with narrow black bars, having a deep blue lustre especially observable on upper part 
of breast and flanks. Under tail-coverts deep purple-blue. Bill black ; feet and tarsi pale brown, 
possibly flesh-colour. Length 73 inches, wing 4, tail 23. 
Female. 'Top of head reddish-brown ; sides of head, nape, back, and wings rufous ; a broad black stripe on 
sides of head. "Throat pure white; sides of neck tinged with buff. A narrow black bar beneath the 
throat. Underparts white, tinged with yellow and narrowly barred with black. 
Young. Back and wings dull brown; head darker brown, with the centre of each feather yellowish-white ; 
a broad stripe on sides of head to the nape dull brown. Throat white, indistinctly spotted with 
black ; breast dark brown, each feather with a light brown centre; abdomen yellowish-white. Tail 
blue. Maxilla horn-colour ; mandible dull white; feet and tarsi flesh-colour. 
This beautiful species was first described by P. L. S. Müller, 7 c., from Buffon’s 
plate, who gave to it the name of Turdus quajanus. It is unfortunate that, misled 
by Buffon's appellation, he should have called it after a country of which it is not a 
native; but, T in the case of Pitta moluccensis, we are not at liberty to reject the ініне 
for such а reason, and must accept it as the опе by which the species is to be known. 
The Blue-tailed Pitta is only found in the island of Java, the references made to 
a Pita cyanura, ex Malacca, by authors, belonging in all probability to its relative 
E. boschi. Messrs. Müller and Schlegel have given the fullest account we possess of 
the habits and economy of this species, and according to them it is known to the 
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