PITTA  , in See also:

• ORNITHOLOGY

ornithology, from the See also:

• TELUGU

Telugu pitta, meaning a small See also:

• BIRD

bird, latinized by Vieillot in 1816 (Analyse, p . 42) as the name of a genus, and since adopted by See also:

• ENGLISH

English ornithologists as the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general name for a See also:

• GROUP

group of birds, called by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Breves, and remarkable for their See also:

• GREAT

great beauty.' For a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long while the Pitta elegans, male and See also:

• FEMALE

female . pittas were commonly supposed to be allied to the Turdidae, and some English writers applied to them the name of " See also:

• WATER

water-thrushes " and " See also:

• ANT
• ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u

ant-thrushes," though there was no See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of their having aquatic habits or predilections, or of their preying especially upon ants; but the fact that they formed a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate In ornithology the word is first found as See also:

• PART

part of the native name, " Ponnunky pitta," of a bird, given in 1713 by Petiver, in the " mantissa " to See also:

• RAY (Lat. raia)
• RAY (or WRAY, as he wrote his name till 1670), JOHN (1628-1705)

Ray's Synopsis (p . 195), on the authority of Buckley (see ORNITHOLOGY) . This bird is the Pitta bengalensis of See also:

• MODERN

modern ornithologists, and is said by Jerdon (Birds of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, i . 503) now to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear the Telugu name of Pona-inki . Estimates of See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt . 678 See also:

• FAMILY

family was gradually admitted . Their position was partly determined by A . H . Garrod, who, having obtained examples for See also:

• DISSECTION (from Lat. dissecare, to cut apart)

dissection, in a communication to the Zoological Society of See also:

• LONDON

London, printed in its Proceedings for 1876, proved (pp . 512, 513) that the Pittidae belonged to that See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of Passerine birds which he named Mesomyodi, since their See also:

• SYRINX (ovpryE)

syrinx, like that of the Tyrannidae (see See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

KING-BIRD), has its muscles attached to the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of its See also:

• HALF

half-rings, instead of to their extremities as in the higher Passerines or Acromyodi .

They are now placed as a separate family Pittidae of the Clamatores See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the Anisomyodine Passeres . There are about fifty See also:

• SPECIES

species, divided into a number of genera, confined to the Old See also:

• WORLD

World, and ranging from India and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• CHINA

China to See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, New See also:

• GUINEA

Guinea and New See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, with one species in See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, the greatest number being found in See also:

• BORNEO

Borneo and See also:

• SUMATRA

Sumatra . Few birds can See also:

• VIE

vie with the pittas in brightly-contrasted coloration . Deep velvety See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black, pure See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and intensely vivid See also:

• SCARLET

scarlet, See also:

• TURQUOISE

turquoise-See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue and See also:

• BERYL

beryl-See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green—mostly occupying a considerable extent of See also:

• SURFACE

surface—are found in a great many of the species—to say nothing of other composite or intermediate hues; and, though in some a modification of these tints is observable, there is scarcely a trace of any blending of shade, each patch of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour See also:

• STANDING

standing out distinctly . This is perhaps the more remarkable as the feathers have hardly any lustre to heighten the effect produced, and in some species the brightest See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours are exhibited by the plumage of the See also:

• LOWER

lower parts of the See also:

• BODY

body . Pitt as vary in See also:

• SIZE

size from that of a See also:

• JAY (Fr. geai)
• JAY, JOHN (1745-1829)
• JAY, WILLIAM (1769-1853)

jay to that of a See also:

• LARK (0. Eng. ldwerce, Ger. Lerche, Dan. Laerke, Dutch Leeuwerik)

lark, and generally have a strong See also:

• BILL

bill, a thick-set See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, which is mounted on rather high legs with scutellated " tarsi," and a very See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short tail . In many of the forms there is little or no See also:

• EXTERNAL

external difference between the sexes . Placed originally among the Pittidae, but now created to form an allied family Philepittidae, is the genus Philepitta, consisting of two species See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar . The two species which compose it have little outward resemblance to the pittas, not having the same See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of coloration and being apparently of more arboreal habits . The sexes differ greatly in plumage, and the See also:

• MALES

males have the skin See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the eyes See also:

• BARE

bare of feathers and carunculated . (A .