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Show 1875.] MR. E. L. LAYARD ON FIJIAN BIRDS. 437 it goes by the name of " Buni-a-ko," or " Buniko." Mr. Storck, on the Rewa, tells me it is fond of the berries of Araliaceous trees, and creepers of the genus Melastoma (the purple berry, I suppose, I have named). CHRYSCENA VICTOR, Gould, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 642. The "Orange Dove" of planters is found chiefly on Taviuni (especially on the north end), on the little island of Ngamia, at the island of Lauthala, and at Bua on Vanua Levu. The female and young male are dull green. I have an orange bird with many green feathers still remaining in it, shot at the end of November by Mr. Liardet on Taviuni, where it is called " Bulindamu " by the natives. Mr. Kleinsmidt, a gentleman in Levuka much addicted to natural history, has preserved one of' these birds alive for more than a year, feeding it on wild berries fetched daily from the forest. In uttering its bark it opens its lower mandible wide, and then closes it with a snap, jerking its head at the same moment. It is very fond of the sun, preening its feathers, and " shaking itself together." If kept in the shade it mopes, and sits with feathers all puffed out, and looking wretched. Some Europeans declare they have had young birds unable to fly in the orange plumage ; and they tell me the natives say they have taken them from the nest, male and female being thus coloured. I cannot credit this, aud have offered £1 reward for a pair of nestlings in the orange garb. This alone will convince me ; and I shall then come to the conclusion that this is an abnormal race that is being propagated, like the white race of Procellaria gigantea of the southwest coast of Africa. CHRYSCENA VIRIDIS, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 151. This new Dove was discovered by the * Challenger' expedition at Kandavu. I also obtained it there at the same time. Prof. Vou Sohn wrongly identified it with C. luteovirens in the early, or green, stage of plumage. On m y dissecting the specimen 1 obtained after their departure, I at once saw that the full breeding " o-ropyt)" was on, and that the Professor was mistaken, especially as he insisted on the identity of C. victor with it likewise. He assured me the German text of the ** Ornithologie ' confirmed this ; aud that being a "sealed book" to me, I gave way. This bird, however, proves a permanent green form of Chryscena ; and for that reason I give it the name of ''viridis." It is not uncommon in certain localities, but most difficult to see in the deuse green foliage wherein it hides. COLUMBA VITIENSIS, Quoy & Gaim.; F. & H. op. cit. p. 137. This large Pigeon is rather abundant on Ovalau and Kandavu, on the Rewa, and is, I fancy, very generally distributed. In common with the next two species it utters a hoarse barking note, which constantly reveals its whereabouts, and causes it to fall a prey to the fancier. Dr. Brower, the owner of Wakaia Island, opposite Levuka, and about 9 miles away, told me that on one occasion the three large |