known, yet little information has been received regarding its economy or habits. Had
the authors from whose work I have just quoted, met with the Purple Pitta during their
stay in Borneo, we undoubtedly would have been favored with an interesting account
of its manner of living, nesting, &e., as they observed very closely the habits of the
different members of this beautiftd family, which dwelt in the various islands they
visited in that distant Archipelago.
The plate represents an adult bird in that full plumage, which causes the above-
named gentlemen to remark, that “ it exceeds in beauty all other kinds,” and a younger
individual in process of change.
In the plumage of the adult I can discover no difference between the sexes.
The specimens from which I made my drawing are in the Academy at Philadelphia.
The figures are life-size.
