BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 50 Sk. No. 43F. APLONIS Aplonis: Female AD. (repose). 1/2 minus. SOFT PARTS: Iris, reddish orange; bill, black; L&F, black. SHOT: 8 a.m. WGHT: 53.6 gms. W:106 TL:69 SKL: C.0. STM: 1/4 guava pulp MOULT: nil ABR: W/T:nil SPIRIT SPECIMEN Under this same date a specimen of Megalurulus which had its tail shot away was put into alcohol. WAILU AREA: Lower river valley. From Sea Level to 500 ft. A.S.L. Thursday, 4th May, 1939 WEATHER: Showery, sun & cloud, very variable. Strong S.E. wind. Clouds 80%. HABITAT: Same as previous day. BIRDS: Birds in general were very inactive this morning. Many especially finches seemed to have left the habitat they were in the previous day and to have gone to the more open and dryer heathlands. Birds did not seem to commence feeding till late in the day, not until the sun and wind had dried up the vegetation to some extent, at about 8 a.m. They did not appear to continue feeding for very long, most being on resting perch by nine o'clock. An unidentified hawk flew over which was probably Circus. Accipiter Fasc. vig.: One was seen perched on a limb in a tall tree at the side of a native garden and shot but flew for some distance before falling and was lost. Megalurulus: This species is much more of a grass bird than a scrub bird and is not unlike the somewhat similar species of grass-bird in Australia (Megalurus galactotes: Temminck) both in behavior and looks. Trichoglossus: A party of three were seen flying high over head down the valley towards the sea and returned a few minutes later. probably without settling.