434 
PITTIDiK—ACANTHIRITTID^E. 
Melampitta lugubris Schl. Mournful Pitta. 
Distr .—New Guinea. 
Melampitta lugubris lugubris Schl. (14-449.) 
Melampitta lugubris Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. vol. iv. p. 47, 
1871: (Arfak), N.W. New Guinea. (Fig. Gould, N. G. iv. pi. 2.) 
Distr .—New Guinea (N.W.). 
Melampitta lugubris rostrata (O.-G.). 
Mellopitta lugubris rostrata Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 
vol. xxxi., p. 104, July 10th, 1013: Utakwa River. 
Distr .—New Guinea (Utakwa River). 
Melampitta gigantea (Rotlisch.). - Large Pitta. 
Mellopitta gig antea Rothschild, Orn. Monatsb. vol. vii. p. 137, 1899, 
Sept. : Mt. Maori, W. of Humboldt Bay, New Guinea (North). 
Distr .—New Guinea (North). 
Family ACANTHISITTIM. 
Genus ACANTHISITTA Lafr. 
Acanthisitta Lafresnaye, Mag. Zool. 1842, (after Feb.) pi. 27. Type 
(by monotypy) : Sitta clitoris Sparr 
Acanthisitta chloris (Sparr.). Rifleman. 
Distr .— New Zealand. 
Acanthisitta chloris chloris (Sparr.). (14-451.) 
Sitta chloris Sparrman. Mus. Carlson, pt. 2, No. 33, 1787: Cape of 
Good Hope, error=Dusky Sound, South Island, New Zealand. 
(Fig. Bulier, 2nd ed. pi. 12, and Ereb. & Terr. pi. 3.) 
Motacilla citrina Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. ii. p. 979, April 20th, 1789 
Dusky Sound. 
Sitta punctata Quoy et Gaimard, Yoy. Astrol., Zool. vol. i. p. 221, pi. 18. fig. 1 
(prof. Juno 29th) 1830: Tasman Bay, Sontli Island, Now Zealand. 
Acanthiza temiirostria Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., Aug, 1841, p. 242 : South Island. 
Motacilla citrinella Forster, Donor. Anim. od. Licht. p. 89 (prof. Jan. 1st), 1844: 
Dusky Sound, New Zealand (South Island). 
Distr .— New Zealand (South Island). 
% 
Acanthisitta chloris granti Math. & Irod. 
Acanthisitta chloris granti Mathews & Iredale, Ibis, July 1913, 
p. 432: New Zealand (North Island). 
Distr. —New Zealand (North Island). 
