EUCICHLA SCHWANERL 
SCHWANER'S PITTA. 
Pitta schwaneri, Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. vol. i. 1850, р. 256. sp. 2.—Id. Consp. Vol. Anis. 1854, p. 7. no. 200.— 
Schleg. Handl. Dierk. 1859, vol. i. p. 254.—Id. Vog. Ned. Ind., Pitta, 1863, pp. 25, 37, pl. 6. 
fig. 4.—Id. Mus. P.-Bas, Pitta, 1863, p. 14; 1874, p. 17.—Elliot, Mon. Pitt. 1863, pl. xxx.—ld. 
Ibis, 1870, p. 421.—Sclat. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 215.—Wall. Ibis, 1864, p. 107.—Salv. Осе. 
Born. 1874, p. 243.—Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 263 ; 1889, p. 442; 1890, pp. 281, 291, 292.— Nicholson, 
Ibis, 1883, p. 88 (Borneo).—Gould, B. Asia, vol. v. pl. 78.—Guillem. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1855, 
p. 414 (Borneo). 
Eucichla schwaneri, Gould, Mon. Pitt. pt. i. pl. 4.—Sclat. Cat. B. 1888, vol. xiv. p. 446. 
Hasrrat.—Borneo. 
Male. Head black; broad line from nostril over the eye to nape, and sides of throat golden yellow ; back 
and wings reddish brown; greater wing-coverts and a few of the secondaries broadly edged with 
white; under wing-coverts black, tipped with white. Upper part of throat white ; breast and belly 
golden yellow, transversely barred with narrow black lines ; centre of belly and under tail-coverts rich 
deep blue. Tail black, edged with rich deep blue. Bill black; feet and tarsi flesh-colour. Length 
7 inches, wing 4, tail 2°5. 
Female. Crown brown; entire underparts reddish brown, transversely barred with narrow black lines ; no 
blue on the abdomen ; otherwise resembles the male. 
This lovely bird is a native of Borneo, and was described by Bonaparte, l. c., from a 
specimen in the Leyden Museum. Although it has been known to ornithologists for 
more than forty years, nothing has been recorded of its economy or habits, and its 
life-history still remains to be written. 
