THE IBIS 

THIRD SERIES. 
No. XXIV. OCTOBER 1876. 
XXX VITI.—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 Epvgar Lroroip 
Layarp, 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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