PlTTIDi®. 
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Austropitta anerythra anerythra (Rothsch.). 
Pitta anerythra Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xii. p. 22, 
Nov. 30th, 1901 : Ysabel Island, Solomon Islands. (Fie. Nov! 
Zool. ix. pi. xi.) 
Vistr. —Solomon Islands (Ysabel Island). 
Austropitta anerythra pallida (Rothsch.). 
Pitta anerythra pallida Rothschild, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xv. 
p. 7, 1904, Nov. 1st: Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands. 
Distr .—Solomon Islands (Bougainville Island). 
Genus PULCHRIPITTA Ell. 
Pulchripitta Elliot, Monogr. Pittid®, 2nd ed. p. xviii, Intr., Jan. 1895. 
Type (by monotypy) : Pitta iris Gould. 
Pulchripitta iris (Gould). (14-444.) Rainbow-Pitta. 
Pitta iris Gould, Birds Austr. pt. 6, March 1st, 1842 : Port Essington, 
Northern Territory. (Fig. Gould, iv. pi. 3.) 
Pulchripitta iris heatsi Mathews, Austral Av. Roc. vol. ii. p. 129, Jan. 28th, 
1915 : Port Keats, N.T. 
Pulchripitta iris melvillemis Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. ii. p. 129, 
Jan. 21th, 1215 : Melville Island. (Fig 1 . Math. viii. p. 371.) 
Distr. —Northern Territory ; North-West Australia. 
Genus CALOPITTA Sclater. 
Calopitta Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. vol. xiv. pp. 44, 419, 1888. 
Type (by original designation) : Pitta maxima M. & S. 
Calopitta maxima (M. & S.). (14-419.) Great Pitta. 
Pitta maxima Muller & Schlegel, Verb. Nat. Ges. Ned. Zool. Pitta, 
p. 14, 1839 : Halmahera. (Fig. Gould, N. G. vol. iv. pi. 27, and 
Ell. pi. 2.) 
Distr . —Halmahera . 
Calopitta superba (R. & H.). Black-backed Pitta. 
Pitta superha Rothschild & Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xxxiii. 
p. 106, 1914, Feb. 22nd; Manus, Admiralty Islands. (Fig. Nov. 
Zool. xxi. pi. 10.) 
Distr. —Admiralty Islands. 
Genus MELAMPITTA Schl.*. 
Melampitta Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Pierk. vol. iv. p. 47, 1873. 
Type (by monotypy) : Melampitta luguhris Schl. 
Mellopitta Stejneger, Stand. Nat. Hist. vol. iv. p. 466, 1885. Type (by mono¬ 
typy) : Melampitta luguhris Schl. 
Coracopitta Sclator, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. vol. xiv. p. 449, 1888. Type (by 
monotypy): Melampitta luguhris Sabi. 
* According- to tho rules Melampitta is distinct from Melanopitta. 
