PITTIDiE. 
427 
Pitta Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Orn. p. 42, April 14th, 1816. Type (by 
monotypy) : Corvm brachyurus L. 
Genus ERYTHROPITTA Bp. 
Erythropitta Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, vol. ii. no. 11, p. 317 
’(Consp. Volucr. Aniso. p. 7), August, (before the 28th) 1854. 
Type (by subsequent designation, Gray, 1855, p. 144): Pitta 
macklotii Terain. et Laug. 
Erythropitta dohertyi (Rothsch.). Red-capped Pitta. 
Pitta dohertyi Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. vii. p. xxxiii 
Feb. 26th, 1898: Sula Mangoli. (Fig. Nov. Zool. vi. pi. 3.) 
Distr. —Sula Islands (Sula Mangoli). 
Erythropitta celebensis (M. & S.). (14-436.) Celebes Pitta 
Pitta celebensis Muller & Schlegel, Verb. Natuurk. Geschied. Ned. 
overz. Bezitt. Zool., Aves, pt. i. p. 18, 1839 : Tondano, Celebes. 
(Fig. Ell. pi. 35; and Gould, N. G. iv.pl. 34.) 
Brachyurus forsteni Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. vol. i. p. 255, 1850: as 
synonym of celebensis. 
Distr. —Celebes. 
Erythropitta palliceps (Brugg.). (14-436.) Pale-headed Pitta. 
Pitta palliceps Briiggemann, Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, vol. v. p 64 
pi. 3. fig. 210, 1876: Siao. (Fig. Ell. pi. 36.) ' ’ 
Distr. —Siao and Tagulandang (Sanghir Islands), north of 
Celebes. 
Erythropitta caeruleitorques (Salvad.). (14-433.) 
Blue-collared Pitta. 
Pitta caruleitorques Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vol. ix. p. 53, 
1876: Petta, Sanghir Island. (Fig. Rowl. Misc. ii. pi. 64* 
• Ell. pi. 31; and Gould, N. G. iv. pi. 32.) 
Distr. —Great Sanghir Island, north of Celebes. 
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