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Malekula: Layard.
Sauropatis tannensis (Sharpe). (T.l., Tanna).
Tanna: Rayner.
Sauropatis solomonis (Ramsey). (T.l., Solomon Ids.)
Aneiteum: Macgillivray.
Api: 'Challenger'.
Sauropatis juliae Heine (T.l., New Hebrides).
Aneiteum: Inglis; Layard.
Aniwa: Inglis.
Api: 'Challenger'.
Eromanga: Inglis; Farquhar.
Espiritu Santo: Farquhar.
Faté: Layard; Mackinlay; Richards.
Malekula: Farquhar.
Malo: Layard.
Tanna: Forster; Layard.
Tongos: Collett (records it).
A specimen from "Vela Harbor", collected by
Mackinlay, is doubtless from Fila Harbor, on Faté.
Forbes and Robinson think there may be another
form on Aniwa, related to juliae.
Halcyon farquhari Sharpe. (T.l., Malekula).
Espiritu Santo: Farquhar.
Malekula: Farquhar.
Sharpe says it is in the "Cyanalcyon section",
and its nearest relative seems to be H. leucopygius,
of the Solomons.
There appears to be considerable revision neces-
sary in the kingfishers of the New Hebrides and the Fijis,
at least, which will require a good series of skins.
Hirundinidae.
Hirundo (or Hypurolepis) tahitica Gmelin.
(T.l., Tahiti).
Aneiteum: Macgillivray.
Api: 'Challenger'.
Espiritu Santo: Layard; Farquhar.
Faté: Layard.
Muscicapidae.
Petroica ambrynensis Sharpe. (T.l., Ambrym).