Sundanese in the western part of Java as Manok Paok; while Horsfield states that in 
the eastern section of the island the natives call it Punglor. The name given by the 
authors first cited is derived from the note which the male utters frequently during 
the morning hours. This Pitta is a mountain-loving bird, often seen in old coffee- 
plantations at from 600 to 3000 feet above sea-level, and in places overgrown with 
shrubbery and reeds; and it frequents the gloomiest spots, remaining on or near the 
ground; it is seldom met with in level or forest regions. It runs fast, and after each 
forward movement stops suddenly, lowers its head as if seeking something on the 
ground, or else raises it to look around. It is often met with in pairs, but also singly. 
When five or six are seen together, they always constitute one family; the young having 
lately left the nest, but still remaining with their parents. Old males often fight 
together, the usual time for such battles being just before the breeding-season, which 
occurs from January to May. Four nests discovered at various times (one on Mount 
Parang and one on Mount Pangerango) contained four eggs in two of them and five 
in the others. The nest is built from six to eight feet above the ground, and is usually 
placed amid the branches of an orchideous bush, growing as a parasite upon some 
old trunk. These plants are frequently damp and mouldy, and occasionally the nest 
becomes soaked through from beneath. It is constructed of dry leaves and roots, 
sometimes interwoven with straws and dried reeds. It is bell-shaped, and measures 
 * one palm and four to six inches” in diameter. The eggs are oval, sometimes rounded, 
dull white, with reddish-brown and black spots, mostly on the larger end, with irregular 
lines of a brighter hue between the spots. Among Indian birds, the eggs of Eurylaimus 
nasutus and Edolius longus resemble most nearly those of this species. E. guaiana 
is not a shy bird, although occasionally one is found difficult of approach. When 
pursued it flies for some distance with a strong and free movement, and alights upon 
some stump or projecting branch near the ground. When seeking focd, this bird 
will sometimes scratch with its feet in the manner of a chicken, and examine the 
scattered leaves and exposed ground with the bill. Its food consists of earthworms, 
beetles, and various other insects and their larvæ. 
Forbes, as stated by Nicholson, l. c., obtained the eggs of this Pitta at Genteng. 
They were round, with a few scattered dots of reddish or purplish brown, having a 
tendeney to form a zone round the thick end, interspersed with some large spots of 
blackish brown. The diameter was ‘85 inch, axis 1 inch. 
According to Whitehead, who procured this bird in Java, this Pitta frequents the 
coffee-plantations ; and he thinks the females separate from the males at certain seasons, 
as in one forest he collected a number of males and did not see a single female, 
while in another forest he obtained only females. The note is a two or three-syllabled 
whistle, like “ Quop-quop.” 
