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Show 502 MR. E. L. LAYARD ON BIRDS [Julie 6, been offered by Messrs. Godeffroy's collectors for the acquisition a single specimen, but in vain ! The very old natives say they remember the bird, and call it " Moho." 15. PACHYCEPHALA JACQUINOTI, Bp. This fine Flycatcher is found only on Vavaw, and confines itself to the forest, wherein its loud call betrays its presence to the ear, though it seldom meets the sight, unless cautiously sought for. I could call them to me by imitating the note, and obtained three adult males, three young males, and three adult females. The assistant-surgeon, also, of the ship, who has begun collecting birds, obtained a pair of adult birds, male and female, the morning of our departure. Its call is not unlike that of P. torquata, ending with a short, snapping note. The females, unlike those of our Fijian Pachycephala, are clear yellow below, with a buff-coloured head, throat, and chest. They frequented the high timber as well as the undergrowth, searching for minute insects, at which they darted while at rest on the underside of leaves or branches ; native name " Kho." As an addition to the fauna of Fiji, I give descriptions of the egg and nest of P. torquata obtained by Mr. Tempest in Taviuni. Egg palish blue-green, densely spotted with large black spots, in the form of a ring, at the obtuse end, and sparsely over the rest of the surface. Axis 1" 2'", diam. 9'". Nest, a coarse structure of rootlets, covered with dead leaves, fastened with spiders' webs, placed in a bush on a thin twig, and supported by a horizontal branch of dead wood, evidently placed for the purpose. External diam. 4", internal 2|" ; internal depth 2". 16. LALAGE TERAT, Bodd. Sigiviu of the natives. I obtained an egg of this bird from a little English lad on Eooa. It is pale blue, sparsely but generally spotted with dark purple-brown spots, rather large. Axis 1" 2'", diam. 9'". 17. APLONIS TABUENSIS, Gm. As before stated the true A. tabuensis differs from our Fijian bird, which is much lighter below, with the white markings down the shaft of each feather much broader and more developed, and the light chestnut of the belly and under tail-coverts brighter and clearer; over the whole of the upper plumage likewise, especially on the head, there is a fine coppery glance, which, in the Tongan bird, is changed to an iron glance. lt is not such a robust bird ; and the bill is decidedly smaller. 1 propose for it the name of A. vitiensis. The Tongan bird is found on Futuna Island. 18. PTILONOPUS PEROUSEI, Peale. A rare visitant to the Tonga group. I did not see it. 19. PTILONOPUS PORPHYRACEUS, Forst. This "green dove" is not uncommon, and is decidedly inter- |
