Genus— PULCHRIPITT A. 
Pulchripitta Elliot, Monogr. Pittidse, 2nd ed., pt. 5, Jan. 
1895, p. xyiii. Introd. ... ... Type (by monotypy) : Pitta iris Gould. 
This extraordinarily coloured “ Pitta ” is one of most handsome of the family. 
It is also well separated by its degenerate wing formation as the secondaries 
and tertials are almost equal in length with the primaries. 
The species is small, like the typical Pitta, has a stout long bill, longer soft 
tail and stout legs. The wing has the first primary shorter than the sixth, the 
second third and fourth subequal and longest, the fifth a little less. It is 
unknown from any locality outside Australia. 
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