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and the size a trifle less. All llicse clistini^uish themselves from the P. procerior-group by their yellow 

 car-coverts, smaller bill, form of wattles, yellower tint of plumnge, absence of black malar streak. 



P. procerior and its subspecies appear to be confined to the Fiji Islands and Fotuna. Specimens 

 are present from the following islands: . . ■' 



• Ovalau: 14, all agreeing amongst themselves and dated from May to December. The dates and 

 the number of specimens repudiate the view that P. procerior is the young of P. carunculata. Black 

 malar streak covering half of caruncle; throat olivaceous yellow; dark centres to feathers of underside giving 

 a somewhat chequered or scaled appearance to it. This is the true P. procerior F. et TL. 



Viti LoYU (Kewa) : 1, like the above. 



Vanua Levu: 5. Apparently a smaller race; wing 01 mm (3.B in.) as against 1)7 mm (3.8 in.) 

 of Ovalau specimens; caruncles bare, but differing in shape from those of carunculata, the ends being 

 spread out into small lobes at the upper extremities; throat as if smoked, less olivaceous yellow than in 

 procerior; underside of a snu)other, more uniform, appearance. One of these specimens is marked „P. 

 buaensis Lay.", by whicli name it should be distinguished. 



Mathuata: 1; like buaensis, but larger, wing 99 mm (3.9 in.); under wing-coverts paler than 

 in that form. This is labelled P. similis, but, that name having been previously employed by Jacquinot 

 and Puclieran, it cannot bo inade use of for iliis form, even should it be entitled to subspecific distinction. 

 This Was not held to be the case by Mr. Layard who united it with the above and the following subspecies. 



Taviuni; 4; the smallest and darkest of all; wing 84—91 mm (3.3 — 3.6); throat schistaceous 

 with olive brown margins to the feathers; upper plumage browner than in buaensis; under wing-coverts 

 darker, being blackish slate colour. This form may be called P. taviunensis, as it has no name. 



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168. 'I' Ptilotis provocator. 



Ptilotis provocator Jauj. P. Z. S. 1875, 28, 432; 1876, 505; id. Ibis 187G, 153, 155, 392; Flmch, 

 P. Z. S. 1877, 733; id. Verb. Vcr. llamb. 1877 (1879), 176; Nchrhom, J. f. 0. 1879, 398; Fimvh, Voy. 

 Chall., B. 1881, 47 ph XIII; Gadow, Cat. B. 1884 IX, 230; TrlMr. Oat. Coll. B. 1889, 208. — Ptilotis 

 xanthophrys Finavh, J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XIJ, 5. 



jHland of JiandavUf Fiji Is. (Lmj. etc). 



169.-^ Cleptornis nxarcliei. 



Cleptornis marchei Oudaht, Le Nat. 1889, 260. 

 Marianne Is.: Saypan or Eota Id. (Marche), 



„Caiiario" (Marche. 



170,-'' Philemon lessoni. 



Tropidorhynchus diemenensis Less, Tr. dOrn. 1831, 401; ^iV/^/--. Meropinae 1851,'"'143; racher. Kvd\. 

 du Mus. 1855, pi. 21. — Tropidorhynchus lessoni (h-ay, P. Z. S. 1859, 161; id. B. Trop. Is. 13- Verr, ct Des M. 

 Rev. Zool. 1860, 434; lid, ib. 1862, 133; Jouan, Mem. Soc. Cherb. 1863 IX, 222; Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. 

 XXVII; id. Ibis 1877, 36*2. — Philemon lessoni Gray, II. L. 1809 T, 160; Trlstr. Ibis 1879, 182, 185; Lay, 

 Ibis 1880, 224; 1882, 507; Gmhw, Cat. B. 1884 IX, 270; ScMow, J. f. 0. 1887, 247; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 

 1889, 209. — Philemon vulturinus SdaL (nee (Tlomh-.et Jacq) P. Z. S. 1869, 124. — „Kuindo", Kanala district 

 (Jouan): „Kuaiu" (Jouan) or „Kouiyou" (Lay.), N. Caledonia. — „Kuchalu", Lifu; „Kutti", Mare (L.ay.), 



New Caledonia (Venwic). — Zat/alti/ Is.: Lifu and Mare (Lay.), 



171.-1' Leptornis samoensis. 



Merops samoensis Jlombr. ct Jacq, Ann. Sc. Nat. Paris 1841, 314. — Entomiza ? olivacea Vvale, U. S. 

 Exp. 1848, 145. — Leptornis des Forets, ILetJ, Voy. Pole Sud pi. XVII, 1. — Leptornis sylvestris J.etl\ 

 Voy. Pole Sud 1853 III, 86. — Tropidorhynchus samoensis Gray, Gen. B. Ai)p.; id. B. Trop. Is. 13. — Philedon 

 leptornis lichh, Meropinae 1851, 141, pi. 504 L 3517. — Leptornis samoensis Uartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 108, 



130; Cans. U. S. Exp. 1858, 172, pi. XI, 2; F. et IL Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 64; Finsch, J. f. 0. 1872, 32, 37; 



Whitmee^ Ibis 1876, 438; Lay. P. Z. S. 1876, 492; Nehrkorn, J. f. 0. 1879, 398; Gadow, Cat. B. 1884 IX, 267; 



Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 209. 

 „Mao-mao", U])olu (GrUffe), 



Anthochaera samoensis Echh. Meropinae 144; Gray, IT. Ti. T. 159. 



Samoa Is.: P^polu and Tntuila fPmle), all the islands fW/dtnu'o), 



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