Pitta sordida -- Hooded Pitta. Alternate name on piece: Pitta maforensis [Mafoor island pitta] Very finished painting, with some revisions indicated in pencil; listed on the cover of pt.2 for inclusion in Pittidae, where only the text appeared, under the binomial Melanopitta mafoorana; at head of sheet: note on name and source; Sotheran note at foot of sheet, and "24" in circle. A reworking of the Birds of New Guinea IV: 33 image, changed to landscape aspect from portrait, the third bird brought more into view, and with background changes. Artist's name(s): Hart, William Matthew.