General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-3- -161- Ambrym: Layard. Aneiteum: Layard; Freeman. Api: Layard. Eromanga: Layard; Farquhar. Faté: Layard. Malekula: Layard. Malo: Layard. ?Macropygia, species. Farquhar (Ibis, 1900, 608) refers to "a bright yellow dove of this genus" in the New Hebrides, des- cribed to him, but he did not meet with it, and thinks it must be "very rare." Macropygia rufa Ramsay. (T.l., Faté) Ambrym: Layard. Aneiteum: Inglis. Api: Layard. Eromanga; Layard. Espiritu Santo: Layard; Farquhar. Faté: Mackinlay; Layard. Malekula: Layard; Farquhar. Malo: Layard. Tanna: Layard; Richards. Tongoa: Collett (records it). The species of this genus are prone to variation, and the present species may not prove to be the same on all the islands. Macropygia mackinlayi Ramsay. (T.l., Tanna.) Tanna: Mackinlay. This is suspected of being the same as M. rufa. Peristeridae. Chalcophaps chrysochlora, subspecies. Ambrym: Layard. Aneiteum: Inglis ("very plentiful") Aniwa: Inglis; Paton. Api: Layard. Eromanga: Layard; Farquhar Espiritu Santo: Layard; Farquhar. Faté: Layard; Mackinlay. Malekula: Layard; Farquhar ("common") Malo: Layard. Tanna: Macgillivray; Richards. Tongoa: Collett (records it). Gallicolumba ferruginea (Forster). (T.l., Tanna.) Tanna: Forster. Not found since Forster's time