General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-88- Timaliidae. Trichocichla rufa Reichenow. (t. l., Viti Levu.) Viti Levu: Storck. Drymochaera badiceps Finsch. (t. l., Viti Levu.) Kandavu: Taveuni: Viti Levu: Storck. Kleinschmidt; Layard, etc. Lamprolia victoriae Finsch. (t. l., Taveuni.) Taveuni: Kleinschmidt; Layard, etc. Bahr. Fijis: H[illegible]sker. Said to occur in mountain forests on n. side of Taveuni; Bahr says it is said to be "still common" in these districts, but "driven away" from cultivated places by the "march of civilization." Lamprolia minor Layard (April, 1876). (t. l., near Savu Savu Bay, Vanua Levu.) (-L. klinesmithi Ramsay; Feb., 1876, t. l., mountains of Vanua Levu.) Vanua Levu: Kleinschmidt. Finsch says it occurs on the coast of Somo Somo Strait, on Vamaa Levu; not from Somo Somo on Taveuni. Probably a bird of the moun- tain forests only.