THE IBIS. 
THIRD SERIES. 
No. XXIY. OCTOBER 1876. 
XXXVIII.— Description of a new Species of Flycatcher (My- 
iagra) from the Fijis, and some Remarks on the Distribution 
of the Birds found in those Islands. By Edgar Leopold 
Layard* C.M.G.* F.Z.S.* lately administering the Govern¬ 
ment of that Colony. 
Every fresh excursion in pursuit of our favourite science* 
made either by my son or myself, to any new ground in these 
islands* impresses me more and more with the interesting 
character of the avifauna* as exhibited in the distribution and 
localization of species and in their variation. The accom¬ 
panying Table shows* so far as our present knowledge extends* 
the distribution of birds on some of the chief islands which 
we have visited. It will serve for a beginning ; and I doubt 
not that further research into the interior of both the large 
islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu* of the eastern group 
of small islands (in the northern portion of which are Loma 
Loma and Mango), and of the western* or Yasawa group, 
will yield many additions to the list of the birds of Fiji. 
A few remarks must be made as to the localities in which 
the birds here enumerated were collected. On Ovalau we have 
chiefly worked the eastern side* round the town of Levuka. 
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