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Ptilotis prov^ocator Layard. 



This species is said by Layard to be peculiar to the island 

 of Kaudavii, which lies sixty miles west of Suva. On a visit 

 to the island of Namuka, on the coast of Vitilevii, I saw 

 repeatedly a large Ptilotis that differed considerably from 

 P. procerior, both in voice, size, and general behaviour, which 

 I am inclined to refer to this species. 



ZosTEuops FLAvicEPs Pcale. 



This small White-eve is an extremely common species in 

 the neighbourhood of Suva, where it frequents the gardens 

 in large parties. It possesses a particularly sweet twittering- 

 note. Specimens shot in January and in February were 

 in full moult. 



[ c? . Feb. 12, 1910. Suva, Vitilevu. This specimen is 

 in fresh plumage. Wing 56 mm. — C. B. T.] 



ZosTEROPS EXPLORATOR Layard. 



This is a larger bird with a bright yellow breast; it is 

 the common species seen in Taviuni, vvhere Z. flaviceps 

 appears to be less abundant than it is in Vitilevu, though 

 both species occur there. No nests of either were found. 



Myiagra castaneiventris (J. Verr.). 



This is a common and familiar species round all the 

 European houses in Suva, and a frequent visitor to the 

 verandahs, where it catches numbers of flies. It has a peculiar 

 way of flirting the wings and tail, and quite a distinctive 

 alarm-note. It was also seen in Vanua Vua, Lakemba_, and 

 Oneata. A deserted nest of this species formed of moss and 

 fibres was found in June in a tangle of creepers surrounding 

 a tree-stump. 



[c? ad. Feb. 1910. Suva, Vitilevu. Wing 73 mm. 



$ ad. Feb. 26, 1910. Suva, Vitilevu. Iris dark brown ; 

 tarsus black. 



Both these specimens are moulting body-, wing-, and tail- 

 feathers.— C. B. T.] 



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