FITTIDj'E. 
Pitta cjemlea hosei Baker. 
Pitta cmrutea hosei Baker, Bull. Brit, Cm. CL xxxix, 1918, p. 20 : 
Mt. Dulst, Sarawak. 
Distr.— Borneo. 
Pitta nipalensis (Hodgs.). 
[Pitta nipalensis nipalensis (HodgS.J. 
Paludicola Nipalensis Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vi, 1837, 
p. 103 : Nepal. 
Distr. — Extradimital,] 
Pitta nipalensis schneideri Hart. Schneider's Pitta. 
Pitta schnetder i Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. xxv, 1909, p. 9 : Battak 
Mts,, North Sumatra. 
Distr, — Sumatra. 
Pitta bra chyura (Linn.), Lesser Blue -winged Pitta. 
Pitta brachyura brachyura (Linn,). 
Corvus braekyurus Linn., Syst. Nat. 12th ed, i, 1766, p. 158: 
Ceylon, 
Pitta brachyura cyanoptera Tenmj, 1 * 
Pitta cyanoptera Temminck, PL Col. 218, 1823 : Sumatra. 
Pitta Malaccensis Blyth, (nee Mull, and Schleg.), Joum. Asiat. Soc. 
Seng, xii, 1843, p. q6c : Malacca. 
Pitta moluccensis lepta Oberh., Smiths. Misc. Coll, lx, No. 7, 1912, p, S : 
Nias Island, West Sumatra, 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra; Rhio Archipelago; West Sumatra islands of Banjak 
group, Nias and Mentawi group, 
Borneo; North Natuna Islands. 
Java. 
Pitta megarhyncha Schleg 3 , Larger Blue- winged Pitta. 
Pitta megarhyncha Scblegel, Vog. Ned. Ind. 1863, Pitta t p, 11, pi. 
4, fig. 2 : Banka, 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula. 
Sumatra; Rhio Archipelago; Banka. 
1 We consider that Turdns moluccensis Mull, is only doubtfully appli- 
cable to this bird. Small birds resembling lepta occur in other parts of 
Malaysia. 
3 Perhaps a southern breeding race of P, brachyura . 
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