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GRACULIDj®. 
Aplonis opaca kurodai Mom. 
Aplonis kittlitzi kurodai Momiyama, Tori, vol. ii. no. 9, p. 1, 
April 14th, 1920 : Yap Islands, Western Caroline Islands. 
Distr. —Caroline .Islands (Yap). 
Aplonis tabuensis (6m.)* Striped Starling. 
Distr .—Friendly Islands, Samoa, Fiji, to Savage and Rarotonga 
Islands. 
Aplonis tabuensis tabuensis (6m.). (13-130.) 
Lanins tabuensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. i. p. 306,1788 : Friendly 
Islands. (Fig. Cassin, pi. 7. fig. 1.) 
Aplonis murginata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1836, p. 73 : Friendly Islands. 
Lanins gambieranus Lesson, Echo du Monde Sav. 1844, p. 232 ( cf . Menegaux, 
Reprint, p. 180): Gambier Island (Mangnreva). 
Lamprotornis ? fusca Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped. vol. vii. Birds p. 110, Oct. 1848 : 
Tonga Islands (not Gould, 1830). 
Aplonis marginalia Hartlaub, Arch. f. Naturg. 1852, pp. 103, 132, for Peale’s 
bird. 
Distr. —Friendly Islands (Tongatabu, Hongahapai, Tonumera, 
Vanua, Mango, and Yate Islands), Tonga Group (Kepple and 
Boscawen). 
Aplonis tabuensis brevirostris (Peale). (13-130.) 
Lamprotornis brevirostris Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped., Birds, p. Ill, 1848 : 
Upolu, Samoa. (Fig. Cassin, pi. 7 fig. 2.) 
Distr .—Samoa (Upolu, Savaii, and Tutuila Islands, Tau Manua, 
Ofu Manua, and Glosinga Islands). 
Aplonis tabuensis vitiensis Lay. (13-131.) 
Aplonis vitiensis Layard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 502 : Viti 
Leva, Fiji. (Fig. Fauna C. Poly. x. fig. 2.) 
Distr. —Fiji Islands (Viti Levu, Makongai, Vanua Masi, Lakemba, 
Munia, and Mango Islands). 
Aplonis tabuensis fortunae Lay. (13-132.) 
Aplonis fortunee Layard, Ibis, 1876, p. 147 : Fortuna Island. 
Distr. —Fortuna Island (350 miles N.E. of Fiji). (Santa Cruz 
Group, Swallow and Reef Groups, and Tinakula.) 
Aplonis tabuensis brunnescens Sharpe. (13 132.) 
Aplonis brunnescens Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. vol. xiii. p. 132 
pi. vi. 1890: Savage Islands. 
Distr. —Savage Islands (between Samoa and Hervey). 
