BRACHYPTERACIAS LEPTOSOMUS. 
SHORT-LEGGED PITTA-ROLLER. 
Colaris leptosomus, Less. Illustr. de Zool. pi. 20 (1832). 
Brachypteracias leptosomus (Less.), Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1834, Ois. cl. ii. pi. 31; Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 61 (1845) ; 
id. Cat. Piss. Brit. Mus. p. 35 (1848) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 166 (1850) ; Reiclienb. Meropinae, p. 53, 
pi. 436. figs. 3191-92 (1852) ; Bp. Consp. Volncr. Anis. p. 7 (1854) ; von Miiller, Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 5 ; 
Hartlaub, Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 83; id. Orn. Madag. p. 28 (1861); E. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 341; Verr. in 
Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B (1865) ; Grandidier, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 354; Scblegel & Poll. Eaun. 
Madag. p. 158 (1868); Sbarpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 398; id. Ibis, 1871, p. 280 ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 70 (1877) ; 
Milne-Edw. & Grandidier, H. N. Madag., Ois. i. p. 235, pis. 96, 96a, 97-99 (1879) ; Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xvii. p. 5 (1892). 
Chloropygia leptosomus (Less.), Swainson, Classif. of B. ii. p. 333 (1837). 
Brachypteracias collariSy Pucberan, Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 199; id. Arcb. Mus. iv. p. 343 (1849). 
Brachypteracias leptosoma (Less.), Gray, Hand-1, of B. i. p. 177, no. 913 (1869). 
Figurce notahiles. 
Lesson, Illust. de Zool. pi. 20; Lafresnaye, Mag. de Zool. 1834, Ois. pi. 31; Reicbenbacb, Meropinae, pi. 436. 
figs. 3191, 3192; Milne-Edw. & Grand. Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. pi. 96. 
Hab. Madagascar. 
^ ad. capite et nucba castaneo-fnscis, pileo postico et nucba ultramarino tinctis: stria snpraciliari alba et facie 
lateribns albo guttatis : supra olivaceo-fnscus viridi lavatns : uropygio et supracaudalibus viridi-cyaneo tinctis : 
remigibus fuscis, in pogonio interne ad basin albis et in pogonio externo fulvido marginatis : primariis intimis 
in pogonio externo ad basin albo transfasciatis ; secundariis intimis viridi lavatis : tectricibus majoribus fascia 
subapicali alba notatis : cauda rufescenti-fusca, reetricibus (duabus centralibns exceptis) cseruleo-nigro subter- 
minatis et albo apicatis : guise plumis sordide castaneis, centraliter pallidioribus et albido terminatis : pectore 
conspicue albo transfasciato, corpore reliquo albo-castaneo et nigro fasciato, sed abdomine centraliter et sub- 
caudalibns cervino-albidis : rostro nigro-corneo : pedibus griseo-rosaceis : iride fusca. 
2 ad. mari similis. 
Pull, ubique coloribns sordidioribus: rostro nigricante albo-corneo terminate: capite rnfescente fusco nee ultra¬ 
marino lavato : dorso rufescenti-fusco lavato : pilei plumis indistincte albo apicatis ; corpore subtus sordid^ 
rufescenti-cervino, fusco notato, gula saturatiore, abdomine imo et subcandalibus fere albis, fascia pectorali 
indistincta et sordide albido-cervina nee alba. 
Adult male (Madagascar).—Head and neck glossy chesnut-brown ; hind crown and nape glossed 
with rich ultramarine ; a slight central stripe on the forehead and an irregular stripe from the bill 
over the eye white; sides of the head spotted with white ; upper parts generally olivaceous browm, 
washed with green; rump and upper tail-coverts blue-green ; quills brown, white on the base ot the 
inner w^b, and externally margined with fulvous, some of the inner primaries wdth a white bar at the 
base of the outer web, inner secondaries washed with green on the inner web ; larger wing-coverts 
with a subterminal white bar; tail reddish brown, all except the two central feathers with a sub¬ 
terminal bluish-black band and broadly tipped with white; throat dull chestnut, the feathers tipped 
with white and with a paler centre; abroad crescentic white band across the breast; rest of the 
