exteriorly with perpendicular rings. The epithelium was bright yellow, movable and rugose ;
containing only the remains o f one spotted fieldbug. Intestines, 154 in. long, and varying in
thickness from in. to g in., marked exteriorly with a sprinkling o f hard granules, and having
a large round nodule, 4 in. broad, about 4 inches from the anus. The latter is probably the
result o f disease. Caeca, f0 hi. long, ovate and adnate, the right one being 1®# in., the left one
la in. from the anus. Ovary containing quite a bunch o f small eggs.
“ Tours, &c.,
“ Dr. Schlegel, Leyden Museum.”
“ R obert Swinhoe.
8. B rachyurus S trepitans, ................................................................................... Plate IX.
In the introduction to Mr. Gould’s “ Birds o f Australia” is the following note from Mr.
Strange, o f Sydney, in relation to this species:
“ I never saw any. bird whose actions are more graceful than those o f the Pitta Strepitans,
when seen in its native brushes, where its presence is indicated by its singular call, resembling
the words ‘wa n t a watch,’ by imitating which you can call it "dose to the muzzle o f your gun:
no sooner, however, does it commence breeding, than it becomes shy and retiring)- keeping out
o f sight in the most artful manner, moving about from place to place, and occasionally uttering
its cry, until it has drawn you away from the nest.
“ The nests I have seen were placed in the spur o f a fig tree near the ground, outwardly constructed
o f sticks, and lined with mosses, leaves, and fine pieces o f bark; the eggs are four in number.”
Mr. Gould describes these as o f a pale, creamy white, marked all over with irregularly shaped
blotches o f brown and deep vinous gray, the latter appearing as if beneath the surface o f the
shell; they are one inch and a quarter in length by seven-eighths o f an inch in breadth.
9. B rachyurus Co n c in n u s .............................................. .......... . . . , Plate X.
In Smith’s “ Exotic Botany” is the following account o f the Cselogyne Prsecox, the plant figured
with this species: “ It grows among mosses on the trunks o f trees, or on rocks, in Upper Nepaul.
Its name in the Nawar language, spoken by the subjected, original natives o f Nepaul is ‘Cayba Swa.’”
10. B rachyurus I rena, . . . . . . . . . . Plate XI.
11 . Brachyurus Crassirostris ?
These comprise all the buff-breasted species which have any claims to be recognized as distinct,
and form the largest group or section o f the genus. In the distribution o f the colors in their
plumage they closely" resemble each other, but vary considerably as to size.
second group contains
o f plumage. It is,
only ,qne .species, in size equaling B. Cseruleus, but different
12. Brachyurus Maximus, . . . • • • • . . . Plate XII.
The third group, likewise composed o f a single species, approaches nearest in appearance to
B. Cieruleus, but can always be distinguished by the light blue o f the under parts.
13. B rachyurus Cyaneus, . . . . . • - .• • Plate XIII.
The fourth group is composed o f the red-breasted species. They differ but little in size, and
are minutely related in the distribution o f the colors o f their plumage. They are,
14. B rachyurus Y enustus, ......................................................... .......... Plate XIV.
15. B rachyurus Granatinus, . . . . . . . - Plate XV.
I have included among the synonyms o f this species P itta Goccinea o f Eyton, and since the
publication o f my article, my attention has been drawn to the probability o f Mr. Eyton’s species
being distinct, by Mr. Gould, who considers that the true Granatina comes from Borneo, and has
the largest amount o f ' black on the forehead. In the collection- of the Philadelphia Academy are
several examples o f this bird collected both in Borneo and Malacca, and I find on examination,
that the mark alluded to varies so much in extent . among them, all: as. scarcely to. leave two
alike. n Unfortunately, I do not recollect ever having seen Mr. Eyton’s type, but his description
in the Proceedings o f the Zoological Society agrees in every particular with B. Granatinus.
Under these circumstances I deem it best to retain the P. Goccinea as a synonym, trusting
hereafter to be, able to free the subject from all doubt.
16. B rachyurus E rythrogastra, .
17. B rachyurus Gelebensis, . •
18. Brachyurus R ubrinucha,
19. B rachyurus R ufiventris,
20. B rachyurus. Cyanonotus, •
21. B rachyurus Maceloti, .
The two following species are the only ones
black or dark blue. • They comprise the fifth gro
. Plate XVI.
\ Plate XVII.
•- i ' I ’ j l ; • . Plate XVIII.
. . /. \ .. Plate XIX.
. . . . Plate XX-
. . . . Plate XXI
belonging to this genus, with the under parts
p, and are,
B rachyurus Baudii,
B rachyurus I ris, .
Plate XXII.
Plate XXIII.