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228* Aplonis vitiensis. 

 Aploni* marginaliB Ihrtl. Wiegiii. Arch. 1852, 130 pt.; .VA J. f. 0. 1854, 168; id. Ibis 1864, 232. 



— Aplonis cassinii, pt. 6V./y, P. Z. S. 1859, 163; id. B. Trop. Is. 26; id. H. L. II, 2(; no. 6364. - Aplonis 

 tabuensis, pt. I'.dll. (nee Gm.) Orn. (Jentralpol. 1867, 103 t. X, 2; Lay. P. Z. S. 1875, 435; id. Ibis 1876, 

 147. - Aplonis vitiensis Lay. P. Z. S. 1876, 502; id. Ibis 1876, 392; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, 735, 774; Nehr- 

 lorn, J. f. O. 1879. 406; Finsrf,. Yoy. Chall., B. 1881 II, 50; SAarpe . Cat. B. 18<K) XIII, 131. — ,Kikaw", 

 Viti Levu (Lay.). 



t^Ji Is : Ovalau, Wakaia, Mokani, Vanua Levu, Taviuni, Lomaloma, Mango, Viti Levu, Matuka, 

 Totoya, Moala (Lay. etc.). — ^" (?) Uea or Wallis ((Jriife). 



229.* Aplonis tabuensis. 

 Tabuan Shrike, Lath. Gen. Syn. I, 164. — Lanius tabuensis Gm. S. N. 1788 I, 306; Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 1790, 76; Bechsl. Lath. Uebers. I, 149: IV. 61. — Aplonis marginata Gld. I'. Z. S. 183(5, 73; 6Vny, 

 Gen. B. 1846 II, 328: Orv... V. S. Expl. E.xp. 1858, 125 pi. Vli, 1. — Lamprotornis fnsca 7Vrt/«, U. S. Exp). 

 Exp. 1848, 110. — Aplonis marginalis, pt. JLirtl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 103. 133: id. J. f. 0. 1854, 169. — 

 Aplonis cassinii, pt. Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, 163; id. B. Trop. Is. 26 pt. — Aplonis tabuensis Gray, P. Z. S, 

 1859, 163: id. B. Trop. Is. 26; F. et H. Orn. Centralpoi. 10 pt.; iid. P. Z. S. 1869, 457; iid. J. f. 0. 187o", 

 122. 131; Griife, t. c. 411; Gray, H. L. il, 26 no. 6363; Lay. P. Z. S. 1876, 499; Cab. et Rchnw. J. f. 0. 



1876, 322; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, 725, 774, 783; id. Voy. Chall., B. 1881 II, 37; BuUer, B. N. Zeal. 2nd 

 ed. 1887 I, 25; Ti-istr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 254: Sharpe. Cat. B. XIII, 130. — Aplonis vitiensis Forbe.'s (nee 

 /,ny.), P. Z. S. 1878, 352. — „Husila", Rotumah Brown). — ..Migi", Tonga Is. .Griiffe, Niuafou (Ilnbner). 



Ton{/a Is.: Tonga-tabu (Lath, etc.), Eua (Hubner), Vavao (Brenchley). — Niuafou (Habner). — 

 ' liotumah (Brown). 



230.* Aplonis Kittlitzi. 



Turdus columbinus Kittlit: (nee Gm.) Kupf'ort. Yog. 1833, 11 t. XV, 2. — Lamprotornis opaca Licht. 

 Kittl. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 1835 III, 7; Licht. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. 53: id. Mus. llein. Th. 1850 I, 201. 



— Lamprotornis columbina Jfart/. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 133: A7«/. Eeise 1858 1,367,376. — Lamprotornis sp. 

 KitiL ib. II, 92. — Calornis opaca Gray, B. Troji. Is. 26; id. H. L. II, 27 no. 6391. — Calornis columbina 

 J'elz. Novara Reise, Viig. 1865, 88. — Calornis Kittlitzi F.etlL Orn. Centralpoi. 1867, 109 (type exanid.); 

 Haril. P. Z. S. 1867, 830; II et F. P. Z. S. 1868. 7, 117; 1872, 100; Finsch, J . Mus. Godef. 1875 VIII, 23; 

 Xehrhorn. J. f. 0. 1879, 406; Schmeltz. Ethn. Abth. M. G. 1881, 298, 330, 353; Oust. Le Nat. 1889,261. — 

 Calornis pacificus Finach, (nee Gm.), J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XII, 31; Sharpe, Ibis 1876, 47; Finsch, P. Z. S. 



1877, 779; id. J. f. O. 1880, 289, 301; id. P. Z. S. 1880, 576; id. Ibis 1881, 104, 108, 115; id. Mitth. Orn. 

 Yer. Wien 1884, 124. — Aplonis Kittlitzi Sharpr. Cat. B. 1890 XIII, 136. — „Uft", Ualan Kittl., Finsch). — 

 „Sali" Marianne Is. ; Gray). — „Kiuit Kalsingl" ad., „Kiuit kurutum" juv. Pelew Is. ( Hub.). — ^Muy", Luganor (Kub.). 



Caroline Is.: Ualan (Kittl.), Ponape, Luganor or Ruk, Nukuor, Uap (Kub.;. — Pelew Is, 

 (Tetens etc.). — JMarianiK' Is. Kittl.. Marche). 



Examples Irom Uap arc bigger than those of Ualan, but are otherwise similar. 



23L* Aplonis ulietensis. 



Bay Thrush, Lath. (ien. Syn. II, 35. - Turdus badius G. Forst. Icon, ined.; B. Forst. Descr. An. 

 1844, 239. — Turdus ulietensis Gm. S. N. 1788 II, 815; Lath. Ind. Orn. 1790, 335; Bechsl. Lath. Uebers. 

 II, 32; IV, 234; Gray, Gen. B. I, 219; id. B. Trop. Is. 16; id. H. L. I, 255 no. 3713; Trislr. Ibis 1879, 187; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. 1890 XIII, 135 note. — Merula ulietensis liamsay, Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. Ill, 337; Scebohm , 

 Cat. B. V, 276 pi. XVI (tig. err.) — „Eboonae-nou-nou- Forst.). 



Hdititcd or [^lietea. Society Is. (Forst.). 



232. (*?) Aplonis inornata. 

 Aplonis mavornata Bullcr, B. New Zeal 2nd ed. 1887 I, 25. — Aplonis inornata sharpe, Cat. B. 

 1890 XIII, 135 (type examined). — Turdus ulietensis Gm. ?, Sharpe. 1. c. note. 

 :' Oceania .l/».v. Brit.. 

 ^ Dr. Bowdler Sharpe very plausibly suggests that the type of A. inornata, — an old 



