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BEACH YURTJS (Miwjopim Bou.) CUCXJLLÄTUS.
P itta Oucullata. Hartl. Rev. and Mag. Zool., (1843,) p. 65. '
P itta Malaccensis. Müll, and Schleg. Verhand. Natuur. Geschied. Neder. Ind.
P itta Nigricollis. Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Societ. Beng., vol. xii., p. 960.
P itta Oucullata. Blyth, Catal. Birds, ‘Mus. Asiat. Societ. Beng., (1849,) p. 157, No. 906.
P itta Rhodogaster. Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Societ. Beng., vol. xii., p. 961, (av. Jun.)
P itta Oucullata. Strickl. Ann. N. H., vol. xiii., p. 410, t. 20.
P itta Sclilegeli. Bonp. in litt.
P itta Oucullata. Moore, Proc. Zool. Societ., (1854,) p. 274.
P itta Oucullata. (Hartl) Cassin. U. S. Ex. Exp. Orhith., (2 edit., 1858,) p. 437.
P itta Oucullata. G. R. Gray, Genera o f Birds, vol. i . . 1
Brachyurus Oucullatus. Bon. Oonsp. Gen. av., (1850,) vol. i., p. 255, sp. 21.
Melanopitta Cucullata. Bon. Consp. volu. anisodact., (1854,) p. 7, No. 194.
P itta Ooronata. Peale, Zool. U. S. Ex. Exp. Ornith., (1st edit., 1848,) p. 89.
Viridis; subtus pallidior, capitis lateribus, gula superciliis angustis colloque toto nitide nigris: pileo
nuchaque late et circumscripte castaneis; abdomine imo crissoque dilute eoceineis; tectricibus alarum
minoribus, uropygioque nitide viridi-cyaneis: rectricibus nigris, pallide caerule limbatis.; remigibus primarm
nigris, macuk) magna alba medio notatis. Rostro brunneo, cruribm pallide brunneis.—(Hartl.)
A dult.—-Green, lighter beneath ; sides of head, throat, line over the eyes, and nape o f neck, deep black ;
top o f head and occiput chestnut; lesser wing coverts and rump deep greenish blue. Tail black, bordered
with pale blue; primaries black, with a white spot in the centre ; abdomen and crissum red • bill
brown; feet and tarsi flesh color.
H abitat.— Malacca, Nepal, Assam.
In my article on the Brachyurus Cyanopterus, I remarked that I would not say that
there was no such species as Pitta Malaccensis, as I found that Messrs. Muller and
Schlegel spoke of such a bird, and that they compared it with Pitta Atricapilla of
Cuvier.
The present species is the one to which they referred, and I am not sure that their