THE IBIS. 



THIRD SERIES. 



No. XXIV. OCTOBER 1876. 



XXXVIII. — DescrijiUon of a new Species of Flycatcher (My- 

 iagra) /rom the Fijis, and some Remarks on the Distribution 

 of the Birds found in those Islands. By Edgar Leopold 

 Layard^ C.M.G., F.Z.S.j, lately administering the Govern- 

 ment of that Colony. 



Every fresh excursion in pursuit of our favourite science, 

 made either by my son or myself, to any new ground in these 

 islands, impresses me more and more with the interesting 

 character of the avifauna, as exhibited in the distribution and 

 localization of species and in their variation. The accom- 

 panying Table shows, so far as our present knowledge extends, 

 the distribution of birds on some of the chief islands which 

 we have visited. It will serve for a beginning ; and I doubt 

 not that further research into the interior of both the large 

 islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, of the eastern group 

 of small islands (in the northern portion of which are Loma 

 Loma and Mango), and of the western, or Yasawa group, 

 will yield many additions to the list of the birds of Fiji. 



A few remarks must be made as to the localities in which 

 the birds here enumerated were collected. On Ovalau we have 

 chiefly worked the eastern side, roimd the town of Levuka. 



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