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TURPIDiE. 
Turdus vanikorensis Q. et G. (5-242 pt.) Vanikoro Blackbird. 
Turdus vanikorensis Quoy et Gaimard, Voy. Astrol., Zoo), vol. i. 
p. 188, pi. 7. fig. 2, 1830: Vanikoro, St. Cruz. 
Distr. — Vanikoro Island. 
Turdus mareensis L. & T. (5-249.) Loyalty Island Blackbird. 
Turdus mareensis Layard & Tristram, Ibis, 1879, p. 472: MarA 
(Fig. Seebohm, Monogr. Thrushes, ii. pi. 91.) 
Merula mareensis larochensis Sarasin, Vog. Neu Caled., Loy. Is. p. 42, 1913 ; 
Mare Island (cast side). 
Distr. — Loyalty Islands (Mare Island). 
Turdus poliocephalus Lath. (5-258.) Grey-headed Blackbird. 
Turdus poliocephalus Latham, Index Ornith., Suppl. p. xliv, 1801, 
(after May): Norfolk Island. (Fig. Gould, Suppl. pi. 30; Seebohm, 
Monogr. Thrushes, ii. pi. 105 ; Math. Suppl. pi. 26.) 
Merula nestor Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1835, p. 186, April 8th, 1836 : 
Norfolk Island. 
Distr. —Norfolk Island. 
Turdus deningeri Stres. Ceram Blackbird. 
Turdus denimjeri Stresemann, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. xxxi. p. 4, 
1912: Ceram. 
Distr. — Ceram. 
Turdus tempest! Lay. Taviuni Blackbird. 
Distr. — Fiji, Loyalty, and New Hebrides. 
Turdus tempesti tempesti Lay. (5-527.) 
Turdus tempesti Layard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 420 : Taviuni, 
Fiji Islands. (Fig. Seebohm, Monogr. Thrushes, ii. pi. 106.) 
Distr. — Fiji (Taviuni). 
Turdus tempesti pritzbueri Lay. (5-256.) 
Turdus pritzbueri Layard, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1878, p. 374 : Lifu, 
Loyalty Islands. (Fig. Ibis, 1879, pi. 5; Seebohm, Monogr. 
Thrushes, ii. pi. 104.) 
lhstr. — Loyalty Islands (Lifu). 
Turdus tempesti albifrons (Rams.). (5-258.) 
Merula albifrons Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vol. iii. p. 336, 
1879 : Erromanga, New Hebrides. 
Distr. —New Hebrides (Erromanga). 
