48 Messrs. Robinson and Ivloss on Birds from the 
137. Sasia abnormis. 
Sasia abnormis (Temm.) ; Hargitt, tom. cit. p. 557. 
Sasia everetti Hargitt, tom. cit. p. 559, pi. xv.; Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. ix. p. 547 (1902) ; Robinson, p. 184. 
Fairly common in Trang. Mr. Hargitt described a bird 
in immature plumage from Borneo as S. everetti, and Mr. 
Hartert has retained the name on account of the slightly 
larger beak possessed by Malayan and Bornean birds, the 
type-locality of the species being Java, but we doubt whether 
the distinction can be maintained. 
PiTTim®. 
138. Pitta cjerulea. 
Pitta ccerulea (Raffles); Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
xiv. p. 416 (1888). 
Our men secured five specimens in the interior of Trang. 
With the exception of two examples obtained about 1888 
in the coastal province of Larut, Perak, now in the Federated 
Malay States Museum, no recent collector has met with 
this species in the Malay Peninsula, though it is fairly well 
represented in the British Museum by “Malacca” trade-skins. 
It is probably commoner in the northern parts of the Penin¬ 
sula, which have been very little searched of late years. 
Our Dyaks describe it as having in the main the habits of 
other species of the genus, but to be a bird of much more 
active flight, which accords with Davison's observations. 
139. Pitta cyanoptera. 
Pitta cyanoptera Temm.; Sclater, tom. cit. p. 420. 
Scarce at Chong, Trang; common during the winter 
months on the smaller islands of the Straits of Malacca, but 
rarer on the mainland. Not unfrequently captured at night 
at the lighthouses and occasionally alighting on ships passing 
down the Straits. 
140. Pitta megarhyncha. 
Pitta megarhyncha Schleg. ; Sclater, tom. cit. p. 431. 
This species is decidedly rare in the Peninsula and appears 
to keep to the littoral mangrove belt. We have obtained it 
