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Tanna: Forster; H.M.S. Herald.
Tongoa: Collett (records it).
Both Layard and Salvadori think H. pygmaea (Gmelin),
supposed to have come from Otaheite, may be the female
of H. palmarum, and Wiglesworth synonymizes it with
the latter.
Psittacidae.
?Cyanoramphus ulietanus (Gmelin).
?Tanna: Brit. Mus. (ex Bullock Colln.). Layard
(1880) does not think it occurs at Tanna; he made
inquiries about it, but in vain. (See note under this
species, in Society group.)
Cuculidae.
Urodynamis t. taitensis (Sparrman).
Ambrym: Layard.
Faté: Layard.
Forbes and Robinson (Bull. Liverpool Mus.)
record a specimen from "South Pacific (Suwarrows
Island)". There is a Suwarro islet on the e. side
of Malekula, but more likely the locality intended
is the id. of similar name under group 8 or 14.
Cacomantis schistaceigularis Sharpe.
(T.I., Espiritu Santo.)
Frequently mentioned in the literature as
C. bronzinus (Gray).
Ambrym: Layard.
Api: Layard.
Eromanga: Layard.
Espiritu Santo: Layard; Farquhar.
Faté: Layard.
Malekula: Layard.
Malo: Layard.
Cacomantis simus (Peale).
Tanna: (Seebohm colln.). Specimens from the
New Hebrides may prove to be the preceding.
Tytonidae.
Tyto alba lulu (Peale).
Aneiteum: Layard; Inglis (lives in woods and
Api: Layard. not much seen).
Eromanga: Inglis; Layard; Farquhar (saw 2 he
thought this species)
Espiritu Santo: Farquhar.
Faté: Layard.