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Without having male examples also on hand it is not possible to determine these 

 specimens satisfactorily, as there has arisen a great confusion since Mr Layard pointed 

 out the existence of five or six species in the Fijis. As the specimens are collected in 

 Kandavu they ought to be " Pachycephala, 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 as Pachycephala vitiensis (Orn. Central-Polyn., p. 73, taf. viii. fig. 3), apparently 

 belongs to the species described since as Pachycephala torquata, Layard (Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1875, p. 433). 



18. Lalage maculosa, Peale. 



Lalage maculosa, Finsck, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 735. 



[No. 49. Matuka. Female. 

 No. 50. 



No. 113. Kandavu. Male. Eyes hazel ; bill blackish ; legs a greenish tinge.] 

 On this species see above, p. 36. 



19. Aplonis vitiensis, Layard. 



Aplonis vitiensis, Layard, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1876, p. 502 ; Finsch, Proc Zool. Soc, 1877, p. 735. 

 Aplonis tabumsis, F. & Hartl. (nee Gra.), Orn. Central-Polyn., p. 103, taf. x. fig. 2. 



[No. 41. Matuka. Male. 



No. 42. „ Female. 



Eyes dark red or brown. This is the same bird as Nos. 8, 9, 25 (i.e., Aplonis 

 tabuensis), from Tongatabu, and appeared to be not at all common ; only two specimens 

 were obtained. These seem smaller, and altogether a variety when compared with those 

 from Tongatabu.] 



The distinctive characters of this species (which, following Peale, we formerly 

 erroneously described as the true Aplonis tabuensis), I have explained in my paper on 

 the birds of Eua (see below). 



