Errata to Pittas of the World

by Johannes Erritzoe. 1998, Lutterworth Press, Cambridge

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The following errata have been compiled from the reviews of the book in Acta Ornithologica, Bird Conservation Int., Bull. African Bird Club, Bull. Oriental Bird Club, Corella, Dansk Orn. Foren. Tidskr., Egretta, Emu, Gefiederte Welt, Ibis, J. Orn. and my own findings.

I want to thank Frank Rozendaal in particular for his keen eye in spotting quite a few errors and omissions. Most of the errors are merely different interpretations of geographical names from the section “Localities found in museum collections”. Geographical names present special problems to all writers, since spelling changes with time and politics and varies between, and even within one language, and maybe the greatest problem arise from transcription errors from old labels.

However, the modern names are given here for all such examples. Compare the first section on page 10 under the heading “Localities found in museum collections”, where an explanation is given of the difficulties on this head.

p. 13, topography of a bird, delete “greather” wing-coverts, add: greater.

p. 14, 2nd column, after Pulchripitta, add:

p. 21, 1st column, 3rd space, delete: Talaud Islands, 1,460 km2 add: Sangihe (Sangir) Islands, 12,000 km2; last space: delete: rubinucha, add: rubrinucha; 2nd column, line 7 below the boxes: delete: perfectly; and add: generally; 4 lines further down after mentioned. add: Exceptions are also loriae, macklotii, gazellae and habenichti, which all have larger bills even though they inhabit larger islands.

p. 23, 1st column, para. 6, line 6, delete: Monreau, add: Moreau.

p. 32, 1st column, heading Description, Juvenile, line 7, delete: hindbreast, add: lower breast; 2nd column, section Localities found in museum collections, line 3, delete Chautaboon, add: Chantaboon.

p. 33, 1st column, heading Moulting, delete: Chautoboon, add: Chantaboon, 2nd column, Heading Status and Conservation, line 6, delete Smithies, add: Smythies, line 10, delete: all authors, add: most authors.

p. 37, 1st column, Heading Localities found in museum collections, line 1, delete: Hoi Xuan, Lai Chau.

p. 38, 1st column, line 1, delete: Blaubürzel, add: Blaubürzelpitta.

p. 39, 1st column, heading Recent Records, line 8, replace: Ting with: Tingh; 2nd column, heading, last line: delete immatures, add: birds.

p. 40, 2nd column, line 3, replace: Phugui with: Phuqui.

p. 41, 1st column, heading Hybridisation, line 1, delete: bolowensis, add: bolovenensis.

p. 42, 2nd column, distribution map add: a locality from southern Vietnam (Dalat, (Da Lat) Langbian) not shown. The subspecies is here uncertain.

p. 43, 2nd column, heading Breeding Biology, line 2, delete: Tennasserim, add: Tenasserim.

p. 44, 1st column, Pitta oatesi oatesi, line 9, replace: Inthansa with: Inthanon.

p. 46, 2nd column, heading Localities found in museum collections, line 2. replace: Singgaland with: Singgalang, next line, replace: Kumlang with: Kumbang, next line, replace: Stolanh Drias with: Siolak Daras, last line, replace: Pedang with: Padang.

p. 49, 1st column, heading Subspecies, line 3, delete: carulea, add: caerulea; 2nd column, heading Distribution, delete: Malay, add: Malaya.

p. 52, 1st column, heading Status and Conservation, Borneo, last line, replace: Tawav with: Tawau, Sumatra; line 2, add after 29-30).: Refers to Pitta schneideri. Next line, delete: Schlater, add: Sclater, next two lines delete: Diard and Duvaucel; and line 3 from below, place Gunong Tahan under Malay Peninsula.

p. 56, 2nd column, Pitta cyanea aurantiaca, line 4, replace: Sabat with: Sabab, Pitta cyanea willoughbyi, line 4, replace: Xieng-Khanang with: Xieng Khouang, next line, replace: Dram with: Dran.

p. 59, 1st column, heading Distribution, line 1, add after Java: Bali; heading Recent records, Java, line 4, replace: Lumpat with: Lompat, Malaysia, line 1, replace: Lumpat with: Lompat.

p. 62, 1st column, Pitta guajana guajana, line 2, replace: Idjem with: Idjen, 2nd column, Pitta guajana schwaneri. line 3, replace: Banjermaking with: Banjarmasing (Bandjarmasin).

p. 63, 1st column, heading Java and Bali, line 4, delete: Borgor, add: Bogor.
p. 65, 1 column,, heading Breeding Biology, line 2,, delete Phugui, add: Phuqui, 2nd column, heading Captivity, delete: Delacout, add: Delacour.

p. 66, 1st column, heading Status and Conservation, line 6, replace: Anakor, with: Angkor, line 14, delete: Legendary, add: Legendre.

p. 71, 2 column, heading Recent Records, line 3 from below, replace: Sepilak with : Sepilok.

p. 79, 1st column, line 8, replace: Putth with: Putih, line 9, replace: Tka with: Ake.

p. 81, 1st column, line 4, add after Gould: 1871; 2nd column, line 6, replace: Langbloc with: Long Bloe; line 8, replace: Keneperi with: Kenepai.

p.82, 2nd column, heading Status and Conservation, line 3, replace: Lávas with: Lawas.

p. 84, 1st column, line 3, add after Taxonomy: Pitta granatina Temminck 1830; 2nd column, heading Allied Species, line 2, delete allopatric, add parapatric.

p. 85, 1st column, line 9, Gomantong Forest Reserve belongs under Borneo; line 16, replace: Tanan with: Taman, line 20, delete: Gunung Kaba, seen and heard recently (Rozendaal 1994).

p.86, 1st column, Pitta granatina coccinea, lines 2-3, replace: Soengai Tassih with: Sungei Tas(s)ik; line 13, replace: Yale with: Yala, line 16, replace: Gunong Taham with: Gunung Tahan.

p. 89, 2nd column, 6., replace: Kerinci Mt. with: Mt. Kerinci; delete: 9 Palembang and coordinates; after 10 add: 11. Barisan Selatan 040 40'S 104 0 08'E; 2 linies further down after Sumatra: delete 11.

p. 90, 1st column, heading General Notes, line 10, after Garnet Pitta add: except tail length; 2nd column, heading References, line 9, after Robinson & Kloss delete: (24c), add: 1924c).

p. 96, 1st column, line 1, delete: pomtrine, add: poitrine.

p. 97, 2nd column, heading Hybridisation, delete first sentence.
p. 103, 2nd column, heading Photographs of live birds, line 2, Dutch Birding 11, delete: 11, add: 13.

p. 104, 1st column, heading Recent Records, line 10, Himalaya Arunachal Pradesh = India; and 7 lines below, Gunung Mulu National Park = Borneo; 2nd column, line 11, replace: Tree with: Three.

p. 109, 1st column, line 11, replace: Buo Pad (Bovenlanden) with: Buo (Padangse Bovenlanden); next line, replace: Zubu with: Lubu.

p. 110, 2nd column, Pitta sordida sanghirana, line 3, replace: Tuhuna with: Tahuna, same line, replace: Sahendaryman, Manganita with: Sahendaruman, Manganitu.

p. 111, 1st column, Pitta sordida forsteni, line 6, replace: Rurakan with: Rurukan.

p. 112, 2nd column, line 4 from below, delete: sanghirane, add: sanghirana.

p. 118, 1st column, second last line, delete: Straham, add: Strahan.

p. 119, 2nd column, line 6 from bottom, replace: Torout with: Toraut and put Toraut Dumoga Bone on a new line.

p. 121, 1st column, heading Breeding Biology, delete: SULA MONGOLI, add: SULA MANGOLI.

p. 124, 1st column, line 5, delete: Sibela.

p. 126, 2nd column, Pitta erythrogaster celebensis, line 4, replace: Mapangel with: Mapanget; line 6, replace: Tondamo, Toöpo with: Tondano, Poöpo.

p. 129, 2nd column, Pitta erythrogaster inspeculata, lines 12-13, delete: (n = 17), add: out of a total of 17.

p. 130, 2nd column, line 13 from below, delete: Malay Peninsula: Common throughout the Peninsula, often in very large numbers on small islands during the winter (Robinson 1917). Next line, place Salebabu, Talaud Islands before Moluccas.

p. 137, 1st column, heading Movements, line 7, delete: Thailand and N. Vietnam, add: C. Vietnam.

p. 138, 2nd column, heading Breeding Biology, para. 5, line 3, replace: Kuanatung with: Kuangtung.

p. 139, 2nd column, heading Status and Conservation, line 6, replace: Shaweisham with: Shaweishan, line 7, replace: (Shautou) with: (Shantou); line 11, replace: Javschan with: Yao Shan = Yao Sham.

p. 142, 1st column, heading, Localities from museum collections, line 5, replace: Polu with: Pulo.

p. 143, 1st column, heading Behaviour, line 5, delete: often.

p. 144, 2nd column, heading Status and Conservation, Thailand, line 6, move sentence about Fraser’s Hill to the end of the paragraph on Malay Peninsula.

p. 145, 2nd column, line 4, replace: Saliveen with: Salveen; line 8, delete: S. Vietnam, add: Thailand..

p. 150, the map, number 26 moved a little to the west; 1st column, heading Recent Records, line 4, delete: BURO, add: BURU, 2nd column, heading Behaviour, line 5 from below, delete: calls mainly, add: often calls.

p. 151, 2nd column, heading General Notes, line 3, replace: Lumbok with: Lombok; heading Pitta elegans elegans, second last line, replace: Buro with: Buru; last line, replace: Tjanglong with: Tjamplong.

p. 159, heading References, line 1, delete: (1979), ad: (1984).

p. 166, 2nd column, line 10, delete: Zimmerman, add: Zimmermann.

p. 168, add: 30 Pitta iris Rainbow Pitta

p. 174, Taxon, delete entire definition and add: a species, subspecies, genus, family or any named unit.

p. 177, Damar, add: (off Halmahera), next line add: Damar (Lesser Sundas).

p. 185, Anon. 1992a, delete: 1992a, add: 1991.

p. 191, George, J. 1957, delete: in, add: of.

p. 192, Hayashi, M. 1982, delete: 13-14, add: 123-124.

p. 199, Rajathurai, S. 1996, add before Archipelago: Riau.

p.200, Round, P. D. 1984, delete: nord, add: north.

p. 203 Tonkin, N. E. & J. Delacour, delete: Tonkin, N. E. &

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