GREATER BLACK-HEADED PITTA.
- Brachyurus mulleri Bonaparte, Consp. Genera Avium (1850), 1, 256.
- Pitta muelleri Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1888), 14, 439.
- Pitta mülleri Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 183; Oates and Reid, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1903), 3, 228, pl. 6, fig. 18 (egg); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 68.
Sibutu (Everett). Borneo, Sumatra, Banka.
“Similar to P. atricapilla, but of rather larger dimensions.” (Sclater.)
Writing of Pitta atricapilla and P. mulleri Sharpe[50] says: “These two birds are closely related; but the Bornean species [mulleri] almost entirely wants the black patch on the belly, and has the thighs blackish instead of ochraceous brown.”
384. PITTA ROTHSCHILDI (Parrot).
ROTHSCHILD’S PITTA.
- Pitta atricapilla rothschildi Parrot, Abhandl. K. Bayer Akad. Wiss. (1907), 24, 223.
Marinduque (Steere Exp.).
Male.—Related to Pitta atricapilla from which it is said to differ in having the under parts suffused with blue so that there is hardly a trace of green remaining; white of the wing-quills much reduced; chest-spot relatively small; and the color of the vent-feathers bright carmine-red not cinnabar-red.[51]