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228* Aplonis vitiensis. 



AploniB marginalis liarth Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 130 pt.; id. J. f. 0. 1854, 168; id. Ibis 1864, 232. 

 Aplonis cassinii, pt. Gray, P. Z. S. 1850, 163; id. B, Trop. Is. 26; id. II. L. 11, 26 no. 6364. - Aplonis 

 tabuensis, pt. F.etll. (nee 6rVt.) Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 103 t. X, 2; Lay. P. Z. S. 1875, 435; id. Ibis 1876, 

 147, — Aplonis vitiensis Lay. P. Z. S. 1876, 502; id. Ibis 1876, 392; Fimch, P. Z. S. 1877, 735, 774; Nehr-^ 

 korn^ J. f. 0. 1879, 406; Finsch, Voy. Ohall., B. 1881 II, 50; Sharpe , Cat. B. 1890 XIII, 131. — „Kikaw", 

 Viti Leva (Lay.). 



Fiji Is : Ovalau, 

 Totoya, Moala (L^ay. etc.). 



Wallis 



.J 



229.* Aplonis tabuensis. 



Tabuan- Shrike, Lal7i. Gen. Syn. I, 164. - Lanius tabuensis Gm. S. N. 1788 I, 306; Lai/i. Ind. 

 Orn. 1790, 76; BcchsL Lath. Ucbcrs. I, 149; IV. 61. — Aplonis marginata Gld. P. Z. S. 1836, 73; 

 Gen. B. 1846 JI, 328; Cass. U. S. Expl. Exp. 1858, 125 pi. VII, 1. — Lamprotornis fusca Feale, U. 8. ExpK 

 Exp. 1848, 110. — Aplonis marginalis, pt. Ilartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 103, 133; id. J. f. 0. 1854, 169. — 



Aplonis tabuensis Gray, P. Z. S 



Aplonis cassinii, pt. Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, 163; id. B. Trop. Is. 26 pt. 



1859, 163; id. B. Trop. Is. 26; F.etll. Orn. Centralpol 10 pt.; iid. P. Z. S. 1869, 457; m/. J. f. 0. 1870, 



122, 131; Grllfe, t. c. 411; Gray, H. L. I], 26 no. 



; Lay. P. Z. S. 1876, 409; Cai. c^ lic/mw. J. f. 0. 



1876, 322; Fimc/i, P. Z. S. 1877, 725, 774, 783; id. Voy. Chall., B. 1881 II, 37; Fuller^ B. N. Zeal. 2nd 

 ed. 1887 I, 25; 7'm^/-, Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 254; .Sharpe^ Cat. B. XFII, 130. — 



Xcry.), p. Z. S. 1878, 352. — „Husila", Eotumah (Frown). — „Migi", 1\jnga Is. r<7?V^^;, Ninafbu (IFibner). 



Tonga Is.: Tonga-tabu (Lai/t. otc.)^ Eua (LFihner)^ Vavao (BrenchUy). — Nitmfoa (IMmer). - 



Aplonis vitiensis Forbes (nee 



Ilotumah (Broiv7i), 



230.^1= Aplonis Kittlitzi. 



Turdus columbinus KiUlitz (nee r;m.) Kupfert. Yog. 1833, 11 t. XV, 2. — Lamprotornis opaca Lie/U. 

 .Kittl Mem. Acad. St. Petcrsb. 1835 III, 7; Lidu. Nomcncl Av. Neotr. 53; id. Mus. Ilein. Th. 1850 I, 201. 

 — Lamprotornis colnmbina ITarfJ. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 133; Kitll. Peisc 1858 I, 367, 376. — Lamprotornis sp. 

 ■ Kittl. ib. II, 92. — Calornis opaca Gray, B. Trop. Is. 26; id. H. L. II, 27 no. 6391. — Calornis colnmbina 



Felz. Novara Peise, Vog. 1865, 88. 



Calornis Kittlitzi F.etJL Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 109 (type examd.): 



Aplonis Kittlitzi Sharpe, Cat. B. 1890 XIII, 136. — „Ua,", Ualan (Kittl Finsch). 



„Mny",Luganor (Kuh.), 



I*efew Is, 



ILartl. P. Z. S. 1867, 830; II et F. P. Z. 8. 1868, 7, 117; 1872, 100; Finso/i, J.Mms. Godef. 1875 VIII, 23; 

 Nehrhorn, J. f. 0. 1879, 406; Sckmeltz, Ethii. Abth. M. G. 1881, 298, 330, 353; Oust. Le Nat. 1889,261. — 



-Calornis pacificus Finsch, (nee Gm.).^ J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XII, 31; Sharpe, Ibis 1876, 47; Fimch, P. Z. S. 



1877, 779; id, J. f. 0. 1880, 289, 301; id. P. Z. S. 1880, 576; id. Ibis 1881, 104, 108, 115; id. Mitth. Orn 

 Ver. Wien 1884, 124. — 



„Sali" Marianne Is. (Gray). — „Kiuit Kalsingl" ad., „Kiuit kurutum" jnv. Pelew Is. (Kuh.). 



Caroline Is.: Ualan (Kittl.), Ponapo, Luganor or'Puk, Nukuor, Uap (KuL). 



(Tetens etc.). — Marianne Is. (Kittl., Mamhe), 



Examples from Uap are bigger than those of Ualan, but arc otherwise similar. 



231.^^ Aplonis ulietensis. 



Bay Thrush, Lath. Gen. Syn. II, 35. - Turdus badius G. Forst. Icon. ined. ; JL Forst. Descr. An 

 1844, 239. — Turdus ulietensis Gm. S. N. 1788 II, 815; Lath. Lid. Orn. 1790, 335; Bechst. Lath Ucbcrs' 

 11, 32; IV, 234; 6'my, Gen. B. I, 219; id. B. Trop. Is. 16; id. H. L. I, 255 no. 3713; Tristr. Ibis 1879, 187 1 



Sharpe, Cat. B. 1890 XIII, 135 note. — Merula ulietensis Ramsay, Pr. L. Soc. N. S. W. Ill 337- Seehohy}i 

 Cat. B. V, 276 pi. XVI {W^. err.) — „Eboonae-nou-nou" (Forst.), ' ' ' ' ' 



Italatea or UUetea^ Society Is. (Forst.). 



232. (*?) Aplonis inornata. 



Aplonis mavornata Bailer.^ B. Now Zeal 2nd ed. 1887 I, 25. — Aplonis inornata Sh 



1890 XIII, 135 (type examined). - 



? Oceania (Mas. Brit.). 



Turdus ulietensis Gm. ?, Sharpe, 1. c. Ji,ote. 



\((rpe, Cat. B. 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpc very plausibly suggests that the type of A. inornata, an old 



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