PITTIDA5. 
355 
Hylactes. 
Hylactes, King, P. Z. S. 1830-1, p. 15. 
1742. Hylactes megapodius. 
Pteroptochos megapodius , Kittl. Mdm. pres. Ac. Sc. Pdtersb. 
1831, p. 182, pi. 4. 
Pteroptochus megapodius , Scl. Ibis, 1874, p. 203. 
a Chili ( Gapt . Brown) 1842. — b ( Gardner ) 1846. 
FAMILY. — PITTIDiE. 
Pitta. 
Pitta, Vieillot, Anal. p. 42 (1816). Of. Ibis, 1877, p. 260. 
1743. Pitta csernlea. 
Myiothera ccerulea, Raffl. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 301. 
Pitta ccerulea , Vig. Mem. Raffl. App. p. 659. 
Brachyurus cceruleus, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. 1. 
a Malacca ( Stevens ) 1844. 
The recognized habitat of this species is Sumatra. 
1744. Pitta cyanea. 
Pitta cyanea , Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 1008. 
Brachyurus cyaneus, Elliot, Mon. Pitt. pi. 13 : Blyth, J. A. 
S. B. xliii. Extr. No. p. 98. 
a 
A specimen without any indication of its origin. The species was 
originally described from Arakan examples. 
1745. Pitta cyanoptera. 
Pitta cyanoptera , Temm. PL Col. 218 : Salvad. Ann. Mus. 
Genov, v. p. 235. 
? Corvus brachyurus , Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 158. 
Pitta brachyura , Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 37 ; 
xiv. p. 47. 
Turdus moluccensis, P. L. S. Mull. Naturs. Suppl. p. 144 
(■ nom . inept). 
Brachyurus moluccensis , Elliot, Ibis, 1870, p. 413. 
a Malacca ( Capt . Nash) 1837. 
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