440 MR. E. L. LAYARD ON FIJIAN BIRDS. {June I, 
CHARADRIUS FULVUS, Gimel. 
I first met with the Golden Plover on the Lower Rewa, on a grass 
flat belonging to Mr. Page; here a fluck of several hundred afforded 
some warm work to our guns, and an addition to our bill of fare. I 
subsequently found them all the way up the river, and on every 
other river we visited on Viti Levu; also on the coast at Loma 
Loma, Taviuni, and Vanua Levu. They are fond of sitting on the 
top of the stakes of the fish-kraals, waiting for the receding tide ; 
off these I have often shot them. I saw them in full adult plumage, 
with black breasts, at Suva at the end of August. 
STREPSILAS INTERPRES (Liun.); F. & H. op. cit. p. 197. 
I saw one shot at Navua, on Viti Levu. 
ARDEA JAVANICA, Horsf.; F. & H. op. ez. p. 207. 
Not common. I shot it in young plumage at Kandavu in August. 
Breeds in the mangroves in October ; the eggs are pale blue-green, 
axis 1'°9"", diam. 1” 2". 
ARDEA sacra, Gmel.; F. & H. op. ect. p. 201. 
Common all over the country among the mangroves. 
DENpROCYGNA vaGaNs, Eyton; F. & H. op. eit. p. 211. 
The “ Mountain-” or “Red”? Duck of settlers is very local, and 
said by the planters at Naudi (on Viti Levu), where we saw it in 
some abundance, to come down from the mountains during the rainy 
season, December till March. I heard of it also as appearing from 
the mountains about the head-waters of the Waimann. 
ANAS suPERCILIOSA, Gmel.; F. & H. op. cit. 213. 
The “ Black Duck,’’ Ngaloa of the natives, is common on all our 
rivers, marshes, and even sea-board. According to its habitat, so are 
its edible properties ; but it is at all times a welcome addition to the 
traveller’s bill of fare. 
Sterna BerRGIt, Licht.; F. & H. op. eit. p. 216. 
This Tern is found on our coasts all the year round, but is no- 
where common. As the coast-line is bare of waders, so are our seas 
bare of sea-fowl. 
STERNA LONGIPENNIS, Nordm.; F. & H. op. cit. p. 220. . 
Non vidi. 
STERNA MELANAUCHEN, Temm.; F. & H. op. et. p. 224. 
I think I saw this Tern at Navua, on the eastern coast of Viti 
Levu. 
SreRNA PANAYA, Gm.; F. & H. op. cit. p. 228. 
Seen in small flocks out at sea in company with the next species. 
It rarely approaches the land; and only one specimen has been 
