736 DR. O. FINSCH ON THE [NoV. 6, 



25 (i. e. A. tabuensis), froniTongatabu, aud appeared to be not at all 

 common : only two specimens were obtained. These seem smaller, 

 and altogether a variety when compared with those I'rom Toa- 

 gatabu." — J. M. 



The distinctive characters of this species (which, following Peale, 

 we formerly erroneously described as the true A. tabuensis) I have 

 explained in my paper on the birds of Eua (see below). 



No. 



The comparison of the dimensions between the Fiji and Tonga 

 specimens, given above, will show a considerable difference : but I 

 must remark that they cannot stand as of specific value ; for I have 

 measured specimens from Tonga as small as those from Fiji, and 

 also large specimens from Fiji. 



20. Chryscena victor, Gould. 

 ^ ''' Chryscena victor, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 733, et 1875, 557 ; 



N V id. Journ. Museum Godeffroy, Heft xii. (1876) p. 10; Layard, 

 ^ P. Z. S. 1875, p. 437. 



An old specimen in full plumage from Taviuni. 



21- Chryscena viridis, Layard. 



Chryscena viridis, P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 151 et 437. 



No. 55. Kandavu. " Sex not certain. Eyes yellow ; legs violet ; 

 bill green." 



No. 56. Kandavu. 



No. 81. Kandavu. " Male. Bill green; legs violet ; eyes white. 

 Stomach contained green fruit with stones." 

 \\ No. 91. Kandavu. " Male. Eyes white; bill green; legs 



lA violet." 



No. 92. Kandavu. "Male. Stomach contained a fruit about the 

 size of a cherry, with a large hard stone. Shot August 6." — J. M. 



This well-marked species, distinguished by the yellow head aud 

 under tail-coverts, is not the young of C. luteovirens, as erroneously 

 supposed by me (Journ. Mus. Godeffr. Heft xii. p. 10). It seems 

 to be confined to the island of Kandavu, and was first discovered, as 

 Mr. Layard notices, by the ' Challenger ' Expedition. 



22. CoLUMBA VITIENSIS, Quoy & Gaimard. 



■Columba vitiensis, F. & H. Ornith. Central-Polvn. p. 137, t. xi. 

 f. 2; Layard, P.Z. S. 1875, p. 437, et 1876, p. 496. 



,\rt ^^ No. 54. Male. Kandavu. " Eyes yellow ; legs and upper part 



\ reddish, and beak, except tip, red." 



No. 97. Male. Kandavu. " Legs and eyes red, eyelid red ; 

 bill, base red, tip green. The stomach contained the seeds of the 



