and such surface waters as exists on Uvea is quite unsuitable habitat for it being too deep, too brackish, or too much frequented by natives in their daily taru culture. (Other Loyalty Is. areas are entirely unsuitable habitat having no surface water anywhere for more than a day or so after rain.) Should it appear on any of the Loyalty Islands it would almost certainly return to its normal habitat on New Caledonia the hills of which are visible on most days of the year except when visibility is bad. (Just medium to fair visibility the hills are plainly seen.) This species should definitely be deleted from lists of Loyalty birds and at very most if it has been collected there classed only as a very rare accidental visitor. DEMIGRETTA SACRA:- This species is very common on Uvea and breeds there in numbers. Breeds on the islands of the westward chain of the island also, and is very plentiful there. Breeds and is always numerous in the tidal lagoon arms in the north and south of the island. It is noticeable that along the large lagoon forshore it is almost entirely absent where long stretches of sand occur with no coral rock outcrops, but anywhere in the vicinity of rocks it is found. Thus from the pass at Lecking island in the south, right to lahnimaha in the south centre of the island where a long unbroken stretch of sand occurs, birds are never seen settled but only fly past out to sea, between these 2 places. Along the ocean coast and in the rock central coast on the lagoon side from lahnimaha to about 4 miles north of there (where the sand beach recommences and sweeps on unbroken to the extreme north) about Mouli island and