1877.] BIRDS OF TONGATABU, FIJI, ETC. 727 



P. vitiensis, F, & H. Ornith. Central- Poly n. p. 172, t. xii. f. 3. 



P. indicus, Cass. (nee. Hors., nee F. & H.). 



P. vitiensis, F. & H., Journ. f. Orn. 1870, p. 135 (Tonga) ; H. 

 & F., P. Z.S. 1871, p. 27 (Savai). 



P. samoensis, F., Journ. f. Orn. 1872, p. 55. 



P. vitiensis, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 439 (Fiji); ibid. 1876, 

 p. 497 (Navigators'), and 1876, p. 503 (Tonga). 



P. indicus, Whitmee (nee Horsf.), Ibis 1875, p. 446 (Samoa). 



No. 21. Tongatabu. Female. "Eyes red; the only specimen 

 seen ; shot July 22." — J. M. 



I have already explained (P. Z.S. 1871, p. 27) that P. indicus, 

 Horsf., does not oeeur in Polynesia, as has been stated by Mr. Cassin, 

 but that the Central- Polynesian Islands (Fiji, Navigators' and Friendly 

 group) possess only one species ; P. samoensis, Peale. The descrip- 

 tion in the 'Ornithology of Central Polynesia' (p. 170) taken from 

 a Javan specimen of the true P. indicus, Horsf., must therefore be 

 cancelled altogether. 



Specimens from the Fijis and Tonga group look apparently some- 

 •what larger than those from the Navigators' ; but on comparing the 

 series of measurements given, it will be easy to see that in respect 

 to size no specific distinction can be made out. In coloration there 

 is also no difference. 



B. Birds of the Fiji Islands. 



These birds were shot on the island of Matuka on July 24, 1874, 

 on the island of Kandavu on July 25 and from August 3 to 6, 1874, 

 and on the island of Levuka from July 28 to August 1, 1874. They 

 are 82 in number and represent 25 species. 



1. AsTUR RUFiTORauES, Pcalc. 



Nisus cruentus, Schleg. (nee Gould), Mus. P.-B. Astures, p. 40. 

 Astur cruentus, F. & H. (nee Gould), Ornith. Central- Poly n. 

 pp. 3 and 273 ; Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 424. 

 A. rufitorques, Sharpe, Cat. Brit. Mus. i. p. 121. 

 Nisus rvfitorques, Schleg. Mus. P.-B. Accip., Revue, p. 80 (1 873). 



No. 34. Matuka. Female. "Eyes brown; several of these 

 were seen, only two shot." 

 No. 35. Matuka. Female. 



36. „ Male. " Eyes yellow." 



62. Kandavu. Female. " Eyes yellow ; shot July 27." 

 80. „ Female. " Eyes yellow, cere yellow, legs 



yellow ; the stomach contained a portion of a hzard. Shot Aug. 5." 



