3S8 Mr. E. L. Layard on a nnv 



Wakaia we pretty well ransacked ; from Mokane, which ad- 

 joins a, I inspected a small collection. Our knowledge ol" 

 Vanua Levu is restricted to the neighbourhood of Bua (Sandal- 

 wood Bay). Here Messrs. Holmes, Swayne, and Tempest 

 were kind contributors ; and my son spent a month at the 

 eastern end of the island. Mr. Kleinsehmidt (Herr Godef- 

 froy's collector) has worked the southern side ; but, with the 

 exception of Lamprolia minor (Kleinsch.) , I know of nothing 

 new that he has procured. He told me that he obtained the 

 Orange Dove {Chryscena victor), Platycercus tabuensis, and 

 other known species. Taviuni was well worked by my son 

 and myself at Ngila, on the north-eastern side, and skimmed 

 by Mr. Tempest about Vuna Point, further south. My 

 son and I visited Loma Loma and Mango, which I place 

 together, but had not time for much real work. I have 

 visited the whole of the maritime districts of Viti Levu ; and 

 though I had no opportunity of collecting, I used my eyes. 

 My son has made several trips up the Rewa river, and stayed 

 a month at Suva, on the south-east end. I have also paid 

 these localities flying visits, and have received small collec- 

 tions from two kind contributors on the llewa, Messrs. Storek 

 and Abbott. At Kandavu I stayed some days, and saw the 

 whole of the ' Cliallenger' collection made there; and my 

 servant, collecting for Mr. Ramsay, of the Sydney Museum, 

 worked there for some weeks and obtained several new species, 

 which I do not describe, as they belong to Mr. Ramsay, but 

 simply indicate. 



The Sea-fowl and Waders require more attention. Though 

 we have added several to the list, I am sure the low-lying 

 YasaAva Islands and the eastern group will furnish many more ; 

 so also will the Ringgold Islands to the north-east. It was on 

 these latter that the Earl of Pembroke was wTccked; and he de- 

 scribes the vast numbers of birds on the island on which they 

 landed (see ' South Sea Bubbles. By the Earl and the Doctor') . 

 As the Sea-fowl are naturally a wandering race, I have left a 

 column in the Table expressly for them, indicating by the point 

 of the compass the portion of the group where I have chiefly 

 seen the species. The acquisition by my son of the rare little 



