[Field notes] 1939
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40. COLLOCALIA SPODIOPYGIA LEUCOPYGIA:- (WALLACE). A.M.N.H. has. SEVEN (7) Wants. SIX (6). Exchange value. GOOD. Total Permit No. 12 No. forbournea. 2. Remarks. SINGLE RED TICK. 6/3/39. & exceedingly common along train line to forest in the open country. Not plentiful in forests fly above the tree tops there. 14/3/39. Fairly common in forest clearings + above the top level. Feeds in fairly heavy rain. 15/3/39. Feeding more today & low where clearing occur but not along narrow track clearings. Mostly about above the leaf canopy 16/3/39. Feeding much as usual. 17/3/39. Feeding in light rain, always high up. 20/3/39. Both species of Coll. seen every day but not many of this species. 24/3/39. Not so many about as usual. 27/3/39. Very common & feeding much but always above the tree tops. 28/3/39. Lati commencing to feed. 30/3/39. Feeding much close above tree-tops of forest. WAILU 5/5/39. Common about heathlands + grasslands. MAY Always present in numbers especially in open types of area. 13/6/39. Large numbers seen feeding high over river flats on moist satch. 17/6/39. Feeding extremely high up in numbers.