[Field notes] 1939
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51. CLYTORHYNCHUS PACHYCEPHALOIDES PACHYCEPHALOIDES :-(ELLIOT) A.M.N.H. has NINE (9) Wants Six (6). Exchange value GOOD Total Permit No. 10 No. fr Noumea 2. Remarks 6/3/39 A few heard + one shot & lost Does not appear common Early morning perhaps better 14/3/39 ball thought to be this species were found to be Pachy calls 15/3/39 Specimen shot on 6/3/39 I very much doubt was this species at all all was most likely min. Rhynchophala post cal. 22/3/39 A pair seen, 1 shot & lost in creeks Appears smaller & skyer than the N.H. race & its calls are much weaker 28/3/39 One specimen in shocking mould collected Calls are definitely different to those of the New Hebr. race