round, more than one brood often being reared in a season. It is rare for it to nest during February-March and April but odd ones do breed then I believe. The season of most breeding is from October to December (and very early Janu- ary a few stragglers may nest, generally having young by then). AOKIBUS STRIATA ATRONITENS (SARASIN):- MINOR (SARASIN):- Fairly numerous in places on the island, though not exceedingly common. Inhabits all areas, or rather visits all areas, but is not as common in coconuts and swamps as elsewhere, unless some trees are in fruit in such areas. It feeds much on the figs of the small leaved banyan and other fruits paw paws etc. and so is common about native gardens and short forests especially, and almost as common in tall forests. The old teak trees often killed and left stand- ing in native cultivations are an added attraction to the birds as they afford many suitable nesting hollows. Unlike Mare and Lifu Aplonis the birds on Uvéa never use a rotten broken coconut palm trunk to nest in but nest in hollows in trees of all kinds but generally a teak or banyan (actually there are fewer broken coconuts on Uvea than on other is- lands, palms generally simply lying down entire before the force of the wind rather than snapping as in most cases their root system is less plentiful or is in sand and has no grip.) Aplonis is a dual feeder, feeding on fruit, berries, insects and molluscs. It feeds much on the latter in the forest capturing the large indigenous forest snail (2" and 3" long) cracking the shell on adjacent stones and