ATELORNIS PITTOIDES. 
BLUE-HEADED GEOUND-EOLLEE. 
Brachypteracias pittoides, Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1834, clii, pi. 32; G-ray, Gen. of B. i. p. 62 (1845) ; id. Cat. Fiss. 
Brit. Mus. p. 35 (1848) ; Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 166 (1850); von Muller, Jonrn. f. Orn. 1855, p. 6; 
ScMegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Coraces, p. 138 (1867); Grandidier, Bev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 354; Schlegel & 
Poll. Faun. Madag., Ois. p. 158 (1868) ; Milne-Edw. & Grandid. H. N. Madag,, Ois. i. p. 244, pis. 103 a, b, 
104, 104 a (1879). 
Atelornis pittoides, Pucheran, Bev. Zool. 1846, p. 200; BeichenbacE, Meropinse, p. 53, pi. 436. fig. 3193 (1852) ; 
Hartlaub, Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 84; id. Orn. Madag. p. 28 (1861) ; Bocb & Newton, Ibis, 1862, p. 271, pi. ix.; 
E. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 341; Verr. in Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B (1865) ; Sbarpe, Proe. Zool. Soc. 1870, 
p. 398; id. Ibis, 1871, p. 283; Hartl. Vbg. Madag. p. 74 (1877) ; Bartlett, Proe. Zool. Soe. 1879, p. 771 ; 
Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 7 (1892). 
Corapitta pittoides (Lafr.), Bonap. Consp. Volucr. Anis. p. 7 (1854). 
Brachypteracias [Atelornis] pittoides (Lafr.), Gray, Hand-1, of B. i. p. 77, no. 914 (1869). 
Roa-Telo, Reningaly, Voronsikinand, Sakbka, in Madagascar. 
Figurm notahiles. 
Lafresnaye, Mag. de Zool. 1834, Ois. pi. 32; Beichenbach, Meropinse, pi. 436. fig. 3193 ; Boch & E. Newton, Ibis, 
1862, pi. 9; Milne-Edw. & Grand. Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. pi. 104. 
Hab. Madagascar. 
Ad. pileo et nucha saturate ultramarinis, lateribns albo guttatis, stria superciliari formante : loris, facie lateribns et 
regione parotica saturate nigris: collo postico et dorso superiore rufescenti-fuscis : dorso reliquo et alis suprh 
psittacino-viridibus, supracaudalibus olivaceo lavatis : tectricibus alarum majoribus ultramarino lavatis, tectri- 
cibus primariis nigris: remigibus nigricantibus versus apicem fusco tinctis et primariis ad basin in pogoiiio 
externo albis, secundariis viridi lavatis: rectricibus centralibus olivaceo-fuscis, reliquis saturate ultramarinis : 
gula et gutture albis, ultramarino circumcinctis : pectore et hypochondriis pallida castaneis: corpore reliquo 
subtus cervino-albido : rostro nigro : pedibus griseis : iride fusca. 
Juv. nbique sordidior, fronte et superciliis rufescenti-cervino lavatis et guttatis : gula nigricante notate et guise 
lateribus rufescenti-cervino notatis. 
Adult male (Madagascar).—Crown and nape rich cobalt; the feathers over the eye and ear spotted 
with white, forming a long superciliary stripe ; lores, cheeks, and ear-coverts deep black; back of 
the neck and upper back brownish rufous, rest of the back and wing-coverts grass-green, the upper 
tail-coverts tinged with olive ; larger wing-coverts washed with cobalt; primary-coverts black; quills 
black, running into brown towards the tip, white at the base of the inner web; the primaries white 
