Distribution of Fijian Birds. 



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Bua is the great^ if not the only hahitat for Pachycephala 

 grciffii, Hartl. ; and my son procured a fine series of them. 



A reference to the Table will show how the different species 

 of this genus, and of Ptilotis and Myialestes, are distributed 

 over the group and yet confined to circumscribed localities. 



In the accompanying Tabic birds whose names are pre- 

 ceded by * are peculiar to Fiji. They amount to exactly one 

 half of our at present known species. 



Tabulated List of Fijian Birds, showing their distribution in 

 some of the principal Islands, as far as is known up to 

 the present date. 



1. 



+2. 



O 



4. 



5. 



*6. 



7. 



*8. 



*9. 



•10. 



*11. 



*12. 



is! 



•14. 

 •15. 

 •16. 



17. 



18. 



19. 



20. 

 *21. 



22. 



23! 



Falco lunulatus (a) 



Astiu- cruenUi!!, Ouidd 



Circus assimilis, Jarcl 



Strix delicatula, Gould 



Otus? ?(6) 



Platycercus splendens, Peale 



tabuensis, Gmel. ) Vars. of P. 



koroensis, Layard (c) V splendois. 



taviuuensis, Layard \ Koro only. 



peraoiiatiis, Gray 



Loriu8 solitai'ius, Lath 



Trichoglossus aureocinctus, Layard. . . . 



Eudynamis tiiitiensis, Sparrm 



Ouculus simus, Peale 



iufuscatus, Hartl 



Halcyon cassini, F. ^- II. (d) 



sacra, Gmel 



Collocalia vanicoroensis, Qiioy (e). 



spodiopygia, Peale 



Hiriindo tahitica, Gmel 



Myzomela jugidaris, Peale 



nigriveutris, Peale (f) 



Ptilotis carunculata, Ginel, 



i 



O 



S o 



^ > H J 



* 



* I * 



* ■ * 



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t [According to Mr. Gurney this Hawk should be called Astnr rufi- 

 torqueti, Peale. Cf. antea, p. o84 ; sec also Mr. Guruey's note on the Fijian 

 Harrier, here called Circus asm'milk. — Ed.] 



