NATIVE NAME MARE IS. GWAN-I-NAR-RA 11 I - I Chalcophaps indica sandvicensis GROUND DOVE. SEE CAYLEY P.17.No.4. Range.- New Caledonia, Maré, Lifu, Uvea, New Hebrides, Santa Cruz Island. Description.- As in New Hebrides. Collecting.- Unnecessary. The New Caledonian bird has been separated by Brasil of the Paris Museum as disjuncta; but Brasil com- pared it with chrysochlora from Australia and not with sandvicensis from the New Hebrides. I can see no difference between New Caledonian and New Hebridean birds. NOTES:- Not very common anywhere on Mare. In Loura area (DEC.'37) was commonest in tall forest, in Nasalane area (JAN '38) was common in gardens & on roads. Probably follows seasonal foods. But nowhere can it be said to be common + compared with N.H. where it is everywhere it is rare or Mare- (L.M).