Count. T. Salvadori on two Birds from the Fiji Islands. 143 
p. 149, and in the P. Z. S. 1876, p. 493. Although there is 
no description nor reference, I suppose that the bird so 
named is the one previously described with the name of Rhi¬ 
pidura albogularis, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 29, 434. I do 
not know if the name of albigularis has been changed into that 
of albicollis by mistake or on purpose. Dr. Finsch has already 
hinted (P. Z. S. 1876, p. 20) that the name of albigularis 
cannot stand, which is quite true, as there is a Muscylva al- 
bogularis, Less. Zool. du Yoy. de Belang. p. 264 (=Rhipi- 
dura albigula, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 84). 
I also wish to point out that neither can the name Rhipidura 
albicollis be used for Layard's species, as Vieillot has described 
a Platyrhynchos albicollis (N. D. xxvii. p. 13), which, accord¬ 
ing to Dr. Pucheran (Arch. Mus. H. N. vii. p. 358 ; Hartl. 
J. f. Orn. 1855, p. 426) is the same as Rhipidura fus coventris, 
Franklin, a species which must stand as Rhipidura albicollis 
(Vieill.). After all this it is evident that R. albigularis or 
albicollis, Layard, must be called by some other name; and I 
propose that of Rhipidura layardi, which I have already at¬ 
tached to the specimens in Count Turati's collection. 
The other bird to which I wish to refer is Lamprolia minor, 
which has been mentioned by Mr. Layard (Ibis, 1876, p. 155). 
After stating that it has been quite lately discovered on Yanua 
Levu by Mr. Kleinschmidt (who proposed to call it L. minor ), 
Mr. Layard says that itresembles L. victorias, but is about a 
third smaller” and the head is entirely covered with the bril¬ 
liant blue feathers." I have compared one male of this spe¬ 
cies, procured by Mr. Kleinschmidt on Yanua Levu, with 
two specimens, male and female, of L. victorias from Taviuni, 
obtained by the same collector. Now, on comparison, it 
does not appear that there is any difference about the head, 
as the brilliant blue feathers entirely cover the head of the 
males of both species; but the L. minor, besides being much 
smaller, may be distinguished by the white on the two mid¬ 
dle tail-feathers reaching nearly to the tip, while in L. vic¬ 
torias the white does not go so far towards the tip, so that 
the black end is more extended. The following are the di¬ 
mensions of the two species :— 
