never in, primary forest.
_=Eurylaimus javanicus brookei=_ Robinson and Kloss: Banded
Broadbill.--_Specimen_, 1: Cocoa Research Station: [Male] testis 7 x 4
mm., 81.8 gm., July 25, 1962, MCT 2660.
This broadbill was seen only on two occasions at the Cocoa Research
Station, both times at the edge of the primary forest.
_=Pitta baudi=_ Muller and Schlegel: Blue-headed Pitta.--_Specimens_, 6:
12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Female], October 17, 1962, MCT 3067; [Female],
October 23, 1962, MCT 3131; [Male], October 30, 1962, MCT 3182;
[Female], October 30, 1962, MCT 3185; [Female], November 5, 1962, MCT
3212; [Male] testis 4 x 3 mm., November 6, 1962, MCT 3213.
The Blue-headed Pitta was abundant at the Kalabakan collecting
locality, in primary forest. It was seen only once at the Cocoa
Research Station.
The voice of this bird was a one-note whistle with a terminal
inflection. It reminded me of a small child crying. When one
called, it was usually in chorus with several others.
_=Pitta guajana schwaneri=_ Bonaparte: Banded Pitta.--_Specimens_, 4:
Cocoa Research Station: [Female] imm, 63.4 gm., July 24, 1962, MCT 2651;
[Male] testis 6 x 3 mm., 81.5 gm., August 4, 1962, MCT 2723; [Female]
imm., 71.8 gm., August 4, 1962, MCT 2724; [Male], June 15, 1963, ADG
145.
The specimens were taken in primary forest. This pitta was
exceedingly tame, often moving along only 20 feet ahead of the
observer. The one adult male taken hopped along the forest floor,
occasionally jumping up on a log or plant to look back. It finally
flushed and flew about 30 feet ahead of me to a log; there it gave
a call which can be rendered as _shewo_, repeated at 10- to
15-second intervals. The call was much like that of _Pitta
sordida_.
_=Pitta brachyura moluccensis=_ (P. L. S. Mueller): Blue-winged
Pitta.--_Specimen_, 1: Tenom: [Female] oviduct slightly enlarged,
edematized brood patch, December 31, 1962, MCT 3544.
The specimen was taken in a net stretched across a dry stream near
the Padas River in a relatively open area near a coconut grove with
some bamboo and elephant ears nearby.
_=Pitta sordida mulleri=_ Bonaparte: Green-breasted Pitta.--_Specimens_,
2: Cocoa Research Station: [Female], May 1, 1963, ADG 96; [Female],
July 15, 1963, ADG 203.
The discovery of this bird by Garcia was a surprise. I was familiar
with its habits and calls in t
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