. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . s brown, edged with thecolour of the back ; chin and middle of the throat white ; sides ofthe throat fulvous, the feathers margined with black ; remainder oflower plumage fulvous; the feathers of the breast very narrowlyand indistinctly margined with black, and some of them with blackspots ; the feathers of the sides of the body and flanks distinctlyspotted near the tip of both webs ; under tail-coverts pink. Female. Differs in wanting the black coronal streak and the blackon the nape and hind neck, this colour being replaced by the co
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . s brown, edged with thecolour of the back ; chin and middle of the throat white ; sides ofthe throat fulvous, the feathers margined with black ; remainder oflower plumage fulvous; the feathers of the breast very narrowlyand indistinctly margined with black, and some of them with blackspots ; the feathers of the sides of the body and flanks distinctlyspotted near the tip of both webs ; under tail-coverts pink. Female. Differs in wanting the black coronal streak and the blackon the nape and hind neck, this colour being replaced by the colourof the back, but rather darker ; the feathers of the forehead andcrown margined with black; also differs in having the breast more,marked with black and the spots on the sides of the body larger. Male : bill dark horny ; iris nut-brown ; legs and feet dirty flesh-colour blotched with brown. Female : bill horny ; iris dark brown ;legs, feet, and claws fleshy white (Bingham). Length about 9 inches; tail 2-3 ; wing 3-0 ; tarsus 1-25 ; billfrom gape 1* Fig. 106.—Head of A. phayrii. Distribution. Burma east of the Sittoung river from the Karenhills east of Toungngoo to the valley of the Thoungyeen river. Babits, Sfc. Bingham found a nest of this Pitta in Tenasserim inApril. It was an oven-shaped structure on the ground at the rootof a tree and was composed of leaves, roots, and grass, with a smallplatform of twigs leading up to the entrance, which was at the nest contained four eggs, which were white marked with purpleand black and measured about 1-09 by *80. Genus PITTA, Vieill, 1816. The genus Pitta contains those Pittas which have no aigrettes ofpointed feathers, and which have a shorter and broader bill thanAnthocincla. The tail-feathers of the birds of this genus varyconsiderably in shape, in some being broad and rounded, and inothers narrow and pointed. PITTA. 3g9 Key to the Species. a. Lower plumage plain fulvous.«. Tail brown tinged with green a. Nape and
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