102. anywhere else where rock occurs, the bird is plentiful. It is alert and difficult to shoot as cover is lacking under which one might approach the bird in most localities. Natives are very fond of it for eating and shoot quite a number (island meat lack and hunger) they also capture and rear youn birds as pets destined for the pot. White pase birds are almost entirely unknown to the natives and I saw none and only saw blue birds. Speckled seemed also unknown. Much of my time was spent away from places where records of any value could be taken as most of my time was spent away from beaches and except when I went to the lagoons or back beaches, any I did see were odd ones flying past out to sea between rock areas. In an afternoon's run between FayuwaI and St. Joseph in the north I kept the following counts (see map for main N and S road) all appearing in and about the 4 miles of road where rocks appeared on the lagoon side and the ocean beach on the west. Going north 5 adult and 2 juvenile blue Demigretta, going south 2 adjult and 1 juvenile blue Demigretta date 27/2/38. Other records were as follows. 14/2/38 1 Blue, at Lecking Pass. 17/2/38 1 Blue, on wing following lagoon edge a little out to sea, Fayuwai. 27/2/38 7 adult blue, 3 juv. blue on rocks central island. To and from St. Joseph in north from Fayuwai in south. 29/3/38 1 blue adult, on rock north of Iahnimaha. 3/5/38 2 blue (1 adult and imm.) seen both shot on rocks near Iahnimaha.