THE BIRDS OF THE FIJI ISLANDS. 27 



" I have been puzzled by the natives identifying the female of this and 

 of C. luteovirens with (7. victor of Gould ; but I think I may now affirm, from 

 both native and European testimony, that the female and young male of that 

 species are green, as are those of C. luteovirens, C. victor is more widely 

 distributed than I at first thought ; it has been obtained at Lanthala, Bua, 

 Ngamea, and Taviuni. The natives call it ' Bulindamu ;' at Kandavu they 

 called C. viridis 'Sokulu ;' on Ovalau they designate C. luteovirens by the name 

 o{ ' Buniaco,' " 



In ' The Ibis,' 1875, 3rd ser. vol. v. p. 435, Mr. E. L. Layard says :— 



^' Chryscena victor, Gould. 

 . '' In the same locality [the island of Taviuni, in the Fiji group] my son, 

 Mr. Leopold Layard, procured the 'Orange Dove,' and found, as I predicted, 

 that the female and young male were green. The latter may be distinguished 

 at any time from the female by the orange tinge on the head and plumage 

 generally, and the deeper orange of the vent and under tail-coverts. Some 

 of the settlers informed him that they had found young birds entirely green. 

 He also shot the full-plumaged orange male in amorous chase after the green 

 female. They were in such a state of fat that he used the cuttings to grease 

 his gun-barrel to keep it from rust.'' 



'' Taviuni is unlike any other island of the group ; and I already know 

 four or five species peculiar to it." 



In the P. Z. S. 1875, p. 437, Mr. Layard remarks on this bird :—" The 

 ' Orange Dove ' of planters is found chiefly on Taviuni (especially on the 

 north end), on the little island of Ngamia, at the island of Lauthala, and at 

 Bua on Vanua Levu. The female and young male are dull green. I have 

 an orange bird with many green feathers still remaining in it, shot at the end 

 of November by Mr. Liardet on Taviuni, where it is called ' Bulindamu' by 

 the natives. 



^^ Mr. Kleinsmidt, a gentleman in Levuka much addicted to natural 



