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gi7-] H. C. Robinson: Birds from Pulau Langkawi. 167
67. Pitta megarhyncha, Schleg.
Sclater, torn. cit. p. 421; Robinson and Kloss, p. 48:
Moultou, Journ. Straits Branch. Roy. Asiat Soc. No. 67, p. 157,
No. 311 (1914).
Pitta brachyura megarhvncha, Parrot, Abh. Konigl.
Bayern. Akad. do Hiss. II. Kl. XXIV, Band. 1, p. 225 (1907).
((. i . Kuah,
b.
Puiau Langkawi, 27th April, 1915.
i. Pulau Terutau, 3rd March, 1909.
Though Sclater in the Catalogue and Sharpe in the
Hand-list (III, p. 180. 1901) record this species as coming only
from Burma, Tenasserim and the Malay Peninsula, the types
came from Banka. while Parrot records it. though with some
doubt as to identification, from Sumatra, where, however, one
would expect to find it in the low lying south eastern districts.
Moulton on the strength of a specimen obtained in exchange
from the Raffles Museum, Singapore, records it from Borneo,
but the authenticity of the label needs confirmation.
The species is, as has been pointed out by many authors,
totally distinct from, and not a form of, P. cyanopteva, which
is often found with it. Besides the striking difference in the
size of the bill the present species lacks the black chin-spot
and the mesial dark line on the crown which is much duller in
colour than in P. cyanoptera. The colours beneath are less
intense and the white speculum on the wing more extensive.
Both Mr. Kloss and myself have found it only in the vicinity
of, or actually in, mangrove forest, while its ally is much more
widely spread.
68. Pitta cyanopteka, Teram.
Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas. my. p. 416 (1888);
Robinson and Kloss. p. 4