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Show 77,J BIRDS O F T O N G A T A B U , FIJI, ETC. 735 No. 75. Levuka. Male. "Eyes black." Shot July 30. 101. Kandavu. Male. Shot August 6. 02. „ Female. 115- „ Male. I am surprised to find the specimen No. 101 marked "male-" No loTesboWlth^0' 1 1 4 > r r k ^ "f e m a l e>" whereas the female, male If Z J Z F*7 d,fferent Pl u m a8e of the black-throated end /n ^ements are based on dissection, they would omiitePtn°Ill " U T f ° r m i t j °f b ° t h SexeS~a fact W Grange, and opposite to all we know at present of the members of this genu . NaWo???, 2 Tf^ i° thG Fiji8' and doeS not oc™ on the JN avigators as stated wrongly in our < Polynesian Ornithology ' The specimens described by ns from Samoa were wronglviabel ed reale (_ M. rufiventris, Elliot, Ibis, 1859, p. 393). 17. PACHYCEPHALA VITIENSIS, Gray. P^hcephala vitiensis, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 433, et Ibis, lo/o, p. 154. ' No. 69. Kandavu. Female. " Eyes red." July 24. L;H L 82' ou" . A " „ " E^es hazel i hgs a bluish tinge ; bill brown. Shot August 5." & Without having male specimens also on hand it is not possible to determine these specimens satisfactorily, as there has arisen a Sreat confusion since Mr. Layard pointed out the existence of 5 or 6 species m the Fijis. As the specimens are collected in Kandavu they ought to be " P. vitiensis," which, according to Mr. Layard is confined to this island ; and, judging from Mr. Gray's short description they would belong to this species. But I may mention that the female specimen described and figured by us s. n. P. vitiensis (Orn. Central-Polyn. p. 73, t. viii. f. 3), apparently belongs to the species described since as P. torquata, Layard (P. Z. S 1875 p. 433). ' 18. LALAGE MACULOSA (Peale). No. 49. Matuka. Female. 50. ,, „ 113. Kandavu. Male. "Eyes hazel; bill blackish; legs a greenish tinge." On this species see above, p. 724. 19. APLONIS VITIENSIS, Layard. Aplonis vitiensis, Layard, P. Z. S. 1876. p. 502. A. tabuensis, F. & Hartl. (nee Gm.), Ornithol. Central-Polyn p. 103, t. x. f. 2. J No. 41. Matuka. Male. 42. „ Female. " Eyes dark red or brown. This is the same bird as Nos. 8, 9 48* |