84 NILS GYLDENSTOLPE, ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE SWEDISH ZOOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS TO SIAM. 



A winter visitor to Siarn. During the cold season it occurred in great numbers 

 both in the North and in the Siamese Malaya. They are never to be fonnd in forests, 

 but occur where there are large swamps or open country. 



Fa .111. Pittidfe. 



156. Anthocichla phayrei. Blyth. — Phayre's Pitta. 



Anthotichla phayrei: Gyldenstolpe III p. 172; Robinson III p. 742. 



J 1 Pak Koh 3 /i 1914. L = 209 mm.; W=101 mm.; T = 57 mm.; C = 26 mm. — $ Koon Tan 

 L = 190 mm.; W = 97 mm.; T = 52 mm.; C = 26 mm. — J 1 Koon Tan 1914. W = 100 mm.; 

 T = 54 mm.; C = 24 mm. — Irides: brown. Bill: black. Legs: påle brown. 



10 / 5 1914 



Seems to be very rare in Siarn and the specimens I obtained were all collected at 

 Koon Tan and Pak Koh, both places in Northern Siarn. 



As my specimens were all shot by my Dyak collector, I am unable to givo any re- 

 cords of their habits and the kind of forests where these birds occur. 



157. Pitta cyanea. Blyth. The Blue Pitta. 



Pitta cyanea: Gyldenstolpe II; Gyldenstolpe III p. 172; Gairdner p. 149; Robinson III p. 742. 



Sex 



Locality 



Date 



Length 



Wing 



Tail 



Bill fr. 



gape 



Tarsus 









mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



d 



Koon Tan 



4 /c 1914 



216 



115 



64 



29 



40 



d 



Koon Tan 



2f, /i 1914 



200 



112 



59 



29 



40 



d 



Koon Tan 



B /e 1914 



210 



115 



63,2 



27 



40 



d 



Koon Tan 



?1 /o 1914 



226 



116 



63 



29 



40 



9 



Koon Tan 



% 1914 



205 



113 



60 



29 



39 



9 



Koon Tan 



l8 /a 1914 



215 



114 



57 



29 



40 



9 



Koon Tan 



'7<.. 1914 



205 



110 



58 



27 



38 



Irides: brown. Bill: blackish brown. Legs: flesb colour or pluiiibcous grey. 



Only obtained in a very dense and thickly wooded valley among the Koon Tan 

 Hills. At this place and almost on the same spöt seven birds were shot and several more 

 observed. 



The Blue Pitta keeps entirely to the ground. It is shy and very difficult to detect 

 in the jungles, where it runs about among the undergrowth, very seldom taking to the 

 wings. 



The red colour of the crown and nape is sometimes mixed up with yellow and some 

 specimens have the breast without any yellowish wash at all, while other have the 

 breast and cheeks, as well as the forehead and a well-marked supercilium strongly washed 

 with yellow. 



