. Birds. Birds. PITTA. 389 Key to the Species. a. Lower plumage plafn fuItous. a'. Tail Drown tinged with green. o". Nape and hind neck blue P. nepalemts, p. 389. 6". Nape and hind neck fulvous P. oatesi, p. 390, b'. Tail blue p. ccerulea, p. 390. b. Lower plumage cross-barred. c'. Nape red.; crown with a black coronal band p. cyanea, p. 391. d'. Nape ferruginous like crown; no coronal band p. gumeyi $, p. 395. c. Lower plumage with some brilliant crim- son. e'. Breast and abdomen fulvous or buft. c". Under wing-coverts black. a'". Bill from gape to tip about 1-2 .. P. ayan
. Birds. Birds. PITTA. 389 Key to the Species. a. Lower plumage plafn fuItous. a'. Tail Drown tinged with green. o". Nape and hind neck blue P. nepalemts, p. 389. 6". Nape and hind neck fulvous P. oatesi, p. 390, b'. Tail blue p. ccerulea, p. 390. b. Lower plumage cross-barred. c'. Nape red.; crown with a black coronal band p. cyanea, p. 391. d'. Nape ferruginous like crown; no coronal band p. gumeyi $, p. 395. c. Lower plumage with some brilliant crim- son. e'. Breast and abdomen fulvous or buft. c". Under wing-coverts black. a'". Bill from gape to tip about 1-2 .. P. ayanoptera, p. 392. V". Billfrom gape to tip about 1-6 .. P. megarhyncha, p. 393. d". Under wing-coverts black with a large patch of white P. brachyura, p. 393. /'- Breast and abdomen all crimson P. coccinea, p. 394. g'. Breast and abdomen green P. cucuUata, p. 395. d. Lower plumage deep black P. gurneyi c?, p. Fig. 107.—Head of P. 927. Pitta nepalensis. The Blue-naped Pitta. Paludicola nipalensis, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. vi, p. 103 (1837). Pitta nipalensis {Hodgs.), Blyth, Cat. p. 156; Horsf. Sr M. Cat. i, p. 182; Sclater, Cat. B. M. xiv, p. 414; Oates in Hume's N. 4- E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 281. Brachyurusmpalensis {Hodgs.), Ettiot, Man. Pitt. pi. iii; id. Ibis, 1870, p. 413. Hydromis nipalensis {Hodgs.), Jerd. B. I. i, p. 502; Hume, N. Sf E. p. 224; Oates, S. F. iii, p. 337; id. B. B, i, p. 412 ; Hum£, Cat. no. 344. The Large Nepal Ground-Thrush, Jerd. Coloration. Male. Forehead and anterior half of crown rich fulvous, shading off into blue on the nape and hind neck; upper plumage greenish brown; tail brown tinged with green; wings. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Oates, Eugene William, 1845-1911; Blandford, William Thomas, 1832-1905. London, Taylor and Francis
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