434 MR. E. L. LAYARD ON FIJIAN BIRDS, [June 1, 
Nevertheless, I have procured it all the year round, and from all 
parts of the group. It is called by the natives ‘‘Manu-sa.” It 
frequents the Iri and Ndilo trees near the beach, and low scrub or 
high trees in the forest. Upper mandible bluish black ; lower pale 
yellow with dark tip; legs bluish ; iris dark brown. The natives 
declare it assumes no other phase of plumage ; and I have certainly 
killed it all the year round, and found it with largely developed 
testes, but never saw any other. 
ARTAMUS MENTALIS, Jard.; F. & H. op. eit. p. 84. 
This “ Wood-Swallow’’ is so eminently like a Martin (Hirundo 
urbica) in its appearance and manner of flight that, in my first ac- 
quaintance with it on the wing, I shot it under the full impression that 
it wasa Hirundine. Great was my astonishment, therefore, to pick up 
a “ Wood-Swallow.” It is very local, a pair frequenting a favourite 
tree, and suffering no rivals near their throne. Even their young 
ones are driven off after a certain time. A pair at the Dépot at 
Thawathi attacked a Cockatoo from the Solomon Islands (that flew 
at large about the house) in a cocoanut-tree, near whieh they built, 
and pecked out his eyes. I have been credibly informed they will 
attack and kill small half-grown fowls. The natives call it “‘ Ndree,”’ 
and on the Rewa “ Vutiasé.”” 
RuIPIDURA ALBOGULARIS, Layard, P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 29. 
Q. Upper parts above very dark black brown, tinged with a 
warm reddish brown on the rump and back; eyebrow, chin, and 
throat white ; underparts greyish, more or less longitudinally striped 
with black and white, and tinged on the belly and vent with isabella 
colour. Primaries dark brown ; secondaries faintly edged with red- 
dish brown; tertiaries and ecverts edged and tipt with the same. 
Tail-feathers dark brown, ali but the four central broadly tipped 
with white. Bill black; lower mandible white at the base, with 
dark tip; bristles of bill black, and exceeding it in length. Legs 
blackish brown. Iris brown. Length 6”; wing 3”; tail 3” 6!; 
tarsus 10!'; bill 6’”. 
This pretty little “‘ Fantail’? Flycatcher is found in the forest that 
clothes the island of Ovalau; elsewhere I have not seenit. It gene- 
rally hunts in little families of three or four individuals, and darts at 
insects at rest on the leaves or twigs. I fancy also I have seen them 
dart upon and capture insects on the wing, when near them on the 
bush; but their actions are very quick, and I am not sure of it. 
They frequently elevate and spread their tails, and are pugnacious 
little fellows, fighting fiercely with their companions. 
Monarcua tessoni (Homb. & Jacq.) ; F. & H. op. cit. p. 88. 
This little bird, clothed in quiet grey, like a demure Quaker girl, 
is an active bustling little body, roaming about in flocks, busily 
scouring branches and leaves for its favourite food, small insects. I 
found it commonest at Ngaloa Bay (Kandavu), but came across it in 
almost every other part of the colony. Iris brown ; bill and legs blue. 
