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Eromanga: Inglis; Farquhar.
Faté: Layard; Farquhar.
Malekula: Farquhar.
Tongoa: Collett (recorded it.)
Turdidae.
Turdus (or Planesticus) marensis Layard & Tristram.
(T.I., Maré, Loyalty Ids.)
Espiritu Santo: Farquhar (Very wild, but not uncommon; eggs in Aug. and Sept.)
Malekula: Farquhar (an immature female, the only one seen).
Farquhar thinks the Malekula bird not so dark as that from Espiritu Santo.
Sharpe could not make a good comparison of the Farquhar birds with those of marensis from Maré, as all of Layard's spns. "seem to have been preserved in spirits." He thinks (with Wiglesworth) that New Hebrides and Maré birds should be compared with those from Vanikoro, since marensis may prove to be a synonym of vanikornensis.
Turdus (or Planesticus), species.
Ambrym: Layard. Wiglesworth thinks this may be vanikorensis.
Turdus (or Planesticus) pritzbueri (Layard).
(T.I., Lifu, Loyalty Ids.)
?Malo: Layard.
Tanna: Macgillivray; Layard.
Turdus (or Planesticus) albifrons Ramsay.
(T.I., mts. of Eromanga.)
Eromanga: Robertson (mts.)
Artamidae.
Artamus leucorynchus melaleucus (Wagler).
(T.I., New Caledonia.)
Api: 'Challenger'.
Espiritu Santo: Layard; Farquhar.
Faté: Layard; Farquhar.
Malekula: Layard.
Tongoa: Collett (records it).
Farquhar says it is common on some of the islands.
Prionopidae.
Clytorhynchus grisescens Sharpe. (T.I., Espiritu Santo)
Espiritu Santo: Farquhar.
Malekula: Farquhar.