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TURNIX VARIA NOVAE CALEDONIE :- (OGILVIE & GRANT)
A.M.N.H. has NONE (0) Wants TWELVE (12)
Exchange value EXCELLENT Total Permit No. 18 No. for Burma 3
Remarks TWO RED TICKS & LINE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT.
17/6/39 a bird giving an unknown call was heard. May be this species. Impossible to flush it. It may have been a rail or even some mugreet like the Jerobo Sandpiper.
19/6/39 Placed this call mentioned on the 17th as that of Porzana tabuensis (an Othata species)