-15- -172- Malo: Layard. Tongoa: Collett (recorded it). Sharpe now thinks Z. vatensis is a synonym of this. He says the white under tail-coverts are due to the specimens having been preserved in alcohol, "which has destroyed the yellow tint." The compiler has put all references relating to vatensis and westernensis here. Meliphagidae. Myzomela cardinalis (Gmelin). (T.l., Tanna.) Aneiteum: Macgillivray; Inglis.) I am not cer- Aniwa: Macgillivray; Inglis. ) tain Mæcgilli- Eromanga: Macgillivray; Inglis.) vray got speci- Espiritu Santo: Farquhar. mens on each of Faté: Farquhar. these ids. CWR. Malekula: Farquhar. Tanna: Forster; Layard; Mackinlay. Tongoa: Collett (recorded it). Tristam named M. splendida from Tanna, but this is type locality of M. cardinalis. ?Myzomela chermesina Gray. (T.l., unknown.) ?Malekula: (in Brit. Mus.). Some writers question the locality, but Gadow records the specimen from "Mani- kollo" without a query. Sharpe records the species only from Rotuma in his Hand-List. ?Myzomela caledonica Forbes. (T.l., New Caledonia.) Api: Layard. Faté: Layard. Malekula: Layard. Forbes says "Mr. Layard also met with a Myzomela,** in the New Hebrides, on the islands of Vatè, Api, and Mallikollo, and remarks that a specimen procured is identical with the New-Caledonian bird; so that it seems probable that M. caledonica may extend its range as far as these islands; but specimens to show this are as yet wanting." (P.Z.S., 1879, 260.) Gliciphila flavotincta Gray. (T.l., Eromanga.) Eromanga: Brenchley; Farquhar. Faté: Layard; Mackinlay; Farquhar. Tanna: Mackinlay. Tongoa: Collett (records it). Ploceidae. Erythura cyanofrons Layard. (T.l., Lifu, Loyalty Ids.) Ambrym: Farquhar.