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Pyrrhulopsis splendens (Peale). (t. l., Viti Levu,
shores of Peale's River.)
Fijis: Calvert.
Kambara: Gräffe.
Kandavu: Layard; 'Challenger'; Bahr (says now most
common on this island.)
Mbau: Brenchley.
Taveuni: Gräffe.
Viti Levu: Peale; Layard; Storck; Williamson; Bahr
(has become very scarce, but found in high interior)
Pyrrhulopsis tabuensis taviuniensis Layard. (t. l., Taveuni)
Taveuni: Layard; Bahr (still common).
Pyrrhulopsis tabuensis koroensis (Layard).
Koro: Layard.
(t. l., Koro, Fijis.)
Pyrrhulopsis tabuensis 'atrogularis' (Peale). (t. l.,
shores of the Feejee Islands.)
Fijis: Peale.
Ngau: Rayner.
Vamu Levu: Layard.
Under this name Peale refers to a species that lives in the
mangroves along shores of the Fiji Islands. Buller says found
only on Ngau, and "Nowhere else" (see Salvadori, Ibis, 1907,
319).