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Salvadori does not recognize this form, but Wiglesworth does;
the latter has six forms of the genus, and the former only five.
Pyrrhulopsis tabuensis tabuensis (Gmclin). (t.l., Tonga Tabu)
Vanua Levu: Layard; Bahr (who says "said to exist only in
Vanua Levu"). Bahr says now much reduced in numbers by
the mongoose. Layard refers to "the Mathmata bird
(Bua and Ndreketti)" on Vama Levu.
Cuculidae.
?Chalcococcyx plagosus (Latham). (t. l., New South Wales.)
Taveuni: Thurston. Shelley (B. M. Cat., did not record
this species from the Fijis.)
Cacomantis infuscatus (Hartlaub). (t. l., interior of Viti Levu)
Fijis: Calvert.
Mokongai: Layard.
Ovalau: Layard.
Vanua Levu: Layard.
Viti Levu: Gräffe; Williamson; Bahr (found it in April-June,
but there were no signs of breeding--gen. organs
undeveloped; Layard says it arrives at the end of
the year, Jan. to Feb.).
Wakaia: Layard.
Cacomantis simus (Peale). (t.l., Sandalwood Bay, Vanua Levu.)
Fijis: Calvert.