NATIVE NAMES MARE IS. MA-KET-CHE 10 (8:2) Columba vitiensis hypoenochroa Gould LARGE DARK FRUIT PIGEON, WHITE CHIN PATCH. NO AUSTRALIAN PARALLELLE. Range.- New Caledonia, Uvea (Sarasin), Lifu (Layard), Maré (Layard). Description.- Similar to leopoldi from the New Hebrides. Habitat.- Woodland Collecting.- Sarasin described the Uvea bird as uveaensis. It is supposed to differ from the New Caledonia race hypoenochroa by smaller size. I do not believe in this difference after an examination of Sarasin's type specimen, but more material is desirable to settle this point. A small series is welcome. Notes MARE. Common on Mare except in Tadine area where it is persecuted by whites for eating. Natives kill numbers but are not serious cause of mortality. Suffers somewhat from live bird fanciers. Used to be very much more plentiful but it suffers a great deal from the imported Caledonia skrike CORACINA CAL-CAL which eats its eggs + young. Generally lays 1 egg rare cases 2. Inhabits garden lands, bangan trees, tall forest + even open grasslands to a small degree. Usually called even by natives by its french name "collier-blanc" (L.M)