The PULIH (_Pitta Angolensis_) one of the most beautiful birds of Western
Africa, is more powerfully constructed, and has shorter feet than the
last-mentioned species, but is similarly coloured. The plumage on the
upper part of the body is green, with a slight metallic lustre; the top
of the head, a broad cheek-stripe, the tail, lower wing-covers, and
quills are black, the latter, from the third to the sixth, enlivened by
a white spot; the tips of the tail-feathers and those upon the rump are
greenish blue, the throat and a streak over the eyes reddish white; the
upper breast is ochre-yellow, the lower part of the body light scarlet,
the beak reddish black, and the foot flesh-pink. The length of the body
is six inches and a quarter, that of the wing four, and the tail one inch
and two-thirds. The Pulih inhabits a large portion of Western Africa.