New Hebrides where I have seen it miles out to sea between islands and in the Loyalties where its movements definitely show it does move about. On Santo in the New Hebrides this species used to fly 40 miles night and morning from Hog Harbour and Port Obey (n.e. Santo) to the Second Channel to feed on the extensive cocoa and corn plantings in that area. Night and morning early vast flocks of these would pass south to the channel to feed, returning at sundown to roost in the trees on Cape Quiros the N.E. tip of Santo. They are fast, strong flyers and appeared to make no diffi- culties about this daily 80 mile flight. This illustrates the fact that nowhere in the Loyalties or between New Caledonia and that group would any sufficiently wide water breaks occur to hinder the species. I have seen them forty or more miles at sea from the nearest land in the New Hebrides. CACOMANTIS PYRRHOPHANUS PYRRHOPHANUS (VIEILLOT):- This species is common on the island, commoner than one might expect with one of its main foster parents absent, but it doubtless finds other species to parasite. It calls much and at night, especially on moonlight nights, and its loud and frequent call may be responsible for creating an impres- sion of its being more numerous than it really is, but even allowing for that it is still a very common species. It frequents tall and short forests and native gardenlands in such areas, but seldom seems to visit more open types of country, such as coconuts unless there is a considerable growth of shrubs and secondary growth between them and the palms are not too high. Its habits in all ways appear iden-