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p. 149, and in the P. Z. S. 1876, p. 493. Althongh there is 

 no description nor reference, I suppose that the bird so 

 named is the one previously described with the name of Rhi- 

 pidura albogularis, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 29, 434. I do 

 not know if the name of alhigularis has been changed into that 

 of albicollis by mistake or on purpose. Dr. Finsch has already 

 hinted (P. Z. S. 1876, p. 20) that the name of albigularis 

 cannot stand, which is quite true, as there is a Muscylva al- 

 bogularis, Less. Zool. du Voy. de Belang. p. 264 { = Rhipi- 

 dura albigula, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 84). 

 I also wish to point out that neither can the name Rhipidura 

 albicollis be used for Layard's species, as Vieillot has described 

 2L Platyrhynchos albicollis (N. D. xxvii. p. 13), which, accord- 

 ing to Dr. Pucheran (Arch. Mus. H. N. vii. p. 358 ; Hartl. 

 J. f. Orn. 1855, p. 426) is the same as Rhipidura f us coventr is, 

 Franklin, a species which must stand as Rhipidura albicollis 

 (Vieill.). After all this it is evident that i2. albigularis or 

 albicollis, Layard, must be called by some other name ; and I 

 propose that of Rhipidura layardi, which I have already at- 

 tached to the specimens in Count Turati's collection. 



The other bird to which I wish to refer is Lamprolia minor, 

 which has been mentioned by Mr. Layard (Ibis, 1876, p. 155). 

 After stating that it has been quite lately discovered on Vanua 

 Levu by Mr. Kleinschmidt (who proposed to call it L. minor), 

 Mr. Layard says that it " resembles L. victories, but is about a 

 third smaller, and the head is entirely covered with the bril- 

 liant blue feathers. '' I have compared one male of this spe- 

 cies, procured by Mr. Kleinschmidt on Vanua Levu, with 

 two specimens, male and female, of L. victoria from Taviuni, 

 obtained by the same collector. Now, on comparison, it 

 does not appear that there is any difference about the head, 

 as the brilliant blue feathers entirely cover the head of the 

 males of both species ; but the L. minor, besides being much 

 smaller, may be distinguished by the white on the two mid- 

 dle tail-feathers reaching nearly to the tip, while in L. vic- 

 torice the white does not go so far towards the tip, so that 

 the black end is more extended. The following are the di- 

 mensions of tlie two species : — 



