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I, 46, Pitta, pi. 3; (4) ScliL, Handl. Dierk. 1857, 254; (5) Wall., Ibis 1860, 142; 
(VI) Schl., Vog. Ned. Ind. Pitta 1863, 17, 34, pi. 4, fig. 4; (7) id., Mus. P.-B. Pitta 
1863, 6; (8) Wall., Ibis 1864, 105; (9) Finsch, Neu Guinea 1865, 167; (10) 
Gray, HL. 1869, I, 296, Nr. 4377; (10^‘^) Wall., Malay Arcliip. 1869, I, 366; (11) 
Schl., Eevue Pitta 1874, 10, pt.; (12) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. 1875, VII, 663; 
(13) Briiggem., Abb. Yer. Bremen 1876, V, 64; (14) Meyer, Bowley’s Orn. Misc. 
1877, n, 327; (15) Sclat., P. Z. S. 1877, 99; (XVI) Gld., B. New Guinea IV, 
pi. 34 (1878); (17) Rosenb., Malay. Archip. 1878, 272; (18) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 
552; (19) W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 102; (20) Sclat., Oat. B. XIV, 1888, 436; (21) 
Tristr., Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 119; (22) Hartert, Kat. Mus. Senckenb. 1891, 107; (23) 
Whitehead, Ihis 1893, 505; (XXIV) Elliot, Monogr. Pitt. pt. HI, 1894; (25) 
M. &Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 13; (26) iid., ib. 1896, Nr. 2, p. 18; 
(27) Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1897, 163. 
a. Brachyurus celebensis (1) Bp., Consp. 1850, I, 255; (II) Elliot, Mon. Pitt. 1863, pi. XVH; 
(3) id.. Ibis 1870, 418. 
h. Erythropitta celebensis (1) Bj)., Consp. Yol. Anisod. 1854, 7; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, 
Yin, 62; (3) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 126; (4) Platen, Gefied. Welt 1887, 218; (V) 
Meyer, Yogelskel. I, 1892, 33, t. OLXI. 
“Mope” (= Grandfather), Minahassa, Meyer h 3. 
“Mupu sava merab”, Minahassa, Guillem. 18. 
“Tenge-tenge”, [? Gorontalo], Bosenb. 17. 
“Tagongong”, Tonkean, E. Celebes, Nat. Coll. 
Figures and descriptions. Gould XVI [immature^)]; Westermann ZZ7; Schlegel F7; 
Elliot a IIj XXIV, a 5; Meyer h V (skeleton); Muller & Schlegel i; Sclater 20. 
Adult. Head above chestnut with a vertical stripe from forehead to occiput glaucous blue; 
mantle, back, scapulars and lesser wing-coverts dull French-green, changing 
with the light; remaining upper-parts dull blue, two or three wing-coverts near the 
carpal edge partly white forming a concealed spot; bastard -wing and primaries 
black, the latter greyish at their distal ends, a white speculum formed hy the second, 
thu’d and fourth quills; lores, ear-coverts, chin and upper throat rufous 
isabella-colour, touched with blue on the ear-coverts and above the eye; jugular 
collar black, passing narrowly round hind neck; a broad pectoral collar below 
the last cerulean- blue, passing narrowly round hind neck, on sides of chest and 
body greenish, broadly bordered on the breast with a black band; remaining 
under-parts deep scarlet; under wing-coverts drab, the axillaries tipped with 
white (ad. near Manado, Aug. — Sept. 1892: Nat. Coll. — 0 10886, ad. Burukan, 
21. YH. 84, Platen in Mus. Nehrk. , Nr. 947). 
Iris greyish brown (M. h 3) or pale ohve (Wall. 8) or ruddy brown (Guill. 18)\ 
bill black, feet greyish black, dusky lead-colour, pinldsh slate or grey [h 2, 8, 18, 
Platen). 
Young in changing plumage. The vertical stripe buff, a patch on the jugulum buff-white 
bordered below with black; remaining under-parts isabella-colour, washed with darker 
brown on the breast, sides and ear-coverts, paler and washed with scarlet on the 
abdomen; a few blue feathers of the pectoral collar present and others of deep 
scarlet on the abdomen; upper surface much as in the adult; hill short, most of 
under bill and terminal part of upper yellowish white (Mantehage Id., 22. lY. 93: 
Nat. Coll. — 0 12199). 
1) The white spot on the jugulum is a sign of immaturity, though it may also be common in adult 
females. 
