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TITTIDiE. 
Genus MELANOPITTA Bp. 
Melanopitta Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, vol. ii. no. 11, p. 317 
(Consp. Voluc. Aniso. p. 7), before Aug. 28th, 1854. Type (by 
subsequent designation, Gray, 1855, p. 144): Pitta cucullata 
Hartlaub. 
Melanopitta sanghirana (Schl.). Green-breasted Pitta. 
Distr. —Celebes and Sangir Islands. 
Melanopitta sanghirana sanghirana (Sclil.). (14-440.) 
Pitta atricapilla sanghirana Schlegel, Ned. Tidschr. Dierk. vol. iii. 
p. 190, 1865: Sanghir. (Fig. ltowl. Misc. ii. pi. 65.) 
Distr .—Great Sanghir Island. 
Melanopitta sanghirana bonapartena Math. (14-442.) 
Melanopitta bonapartena Mathews, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xlvi- 
p. 40, Nov. 6th, 1926 : new name for the following. (Fig. Gould, 
N. G . iv. pi. 30.) 
Brachyunts forsteni Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. vol. i. p. 256, (before June 25tli) 
1850 : Celebes (North). Not id., ib. p 255. (Fig. Ell. pi. 40 ; and Gould, N. G. 
iv. pi. 30.) 
Distr. —Celebes (North). 
Melanopitta novaeguineae (M. & S.). Black-headed Pitta. 
Distr .—New Guinea and Western Islands. 
Melanopitta novaeguineae novaeguineae M. & S. (14-440.) 
Pitta noveegninets Muller & Schlegel, Verb. Nat. Ges. Ned. Zool., 
Pitta, p. 19, 1839: New Guinea (North). (Fig. Gould, N. G. 
vol. iv. pi. 36 ; and Ell. pi. 42.) 
Pitta atricapilla Quoy et Gaiinard, Yoy. Astrol., Zool. vol. i. p. 258, (pref. 
June 29th) 1830, pi. 8. fig. 3 : Dorey Harbour, New Guinea. Not Temminck 
et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois livr. 85, July 3rd, 1830. Not Turdutt 
atricapilla Forster, 1781, p. 41, which is a Pitta. 
Pitta papuensis Schlegel, Mue. Pays-Bas, Pitta Revue, p. 6, 1874, ex Gray, 
Haud-list, i. p. 295, n. n.: as synonym of novseguinese. 
Distr. —New Guinea (North). 
Melanopitta novaeguineae mefoorana (Schl.). (14-441.) 
Pitta noveeguinea mefoorana Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Pitta Revue, 
vol. iii. 1874, p. 8: Mafoor Island. (Fig. Gould, N. G. vol. iv. 
pi. 38; Ell. pi. 41.) 
Pitta mefoorensis id., ib. p. 3 nude name. 
Distr. —Mafoor Islands in Geelvink Bay, New Guinea. 
Melanopitta novaeguineae rosenbergi (Schl.). (14-441.) 
Pitta rosenbergi Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. vol. iv. p. 16, 1871 : 
Soek Island, Schouten Group, Geelvink Bay, North New Guinea. 
(Fig. Gould, N. G. iv. pi. 37 ; Bowl. Misc. pi. 62; Ell. pi. 43.) 
Distr. —New Guinea, Misori, and Soek Islands. 
