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BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA
L. Macmillan
Page 52
SK. No. 44E. GUADALCANARIA:
Guadalcanaria udul: Female AD., 1/2 minus, increasing.
SOFT PARTS: Usual
SHOT: 8 a.m. WGHT: 21.4 gms. W:82 TL:73.
SKL: C.0. STM: 1/4, beetles.
MOULT:
ABR: W/T. nil.
Body; nape, crown, O.
SK. No. 44F. PACHYCEPHALA rufiventris:
Pachycephala rufiv. Female AD., 1/2 minus, repose.
SHOT: 8:15 a.m. WGHT: 18.35 gms.
SKL: C.0. STM: 1/2, caterpillars.
MOULT:
ABR: W/T. nil.
Body: neck, chin, O.
Sk. No. 44G. Pachycephala rufiventris:
Pachycephala rufiv.: Male SUB.-AD., 1/4 minus, colourless.
SHOT: 8:30 a.m. WGHT: 17.5 gms.
SKL: .8 ossif. STM: 3/4, smelly beetles.
MOULT:
ABR: W/T: slight
W:L. 16
TL: sht. Dm.[illegible]covs. O.
Body: rump, O.
Neck, chin, C.
Sk. No. 44H. LICHMERA.
Lichmera incana incana: Male AD., 1/2, yellowish white.
SHOT: 8 a.m. WGHT: 15.15 gms. W:71. TL:61
SKL: C.0. STM: 1/4, small insects, nectar.
MOULT:
ABR: W/T. nil.
Body: upper back, nape, crown, O.
neck, O.
SPIRIT MATERIAL: On this date a specimen of Melaqulurulus was
shot but the moult was in too bad a condition to make a worthwhile
skin so the specimen was put in alcohol. The following is the data
of the specimen:
MEGALURULUS: Sex ?
SOFT PARTS: Iris, warm light brown; bill, black: L&F, dull flesh.
SHOT: 6:45 a.m. WGHT: 23 gms. W:67 TL: 79 ABR: W:N. TL:C
MOULT: W:R.6, L.6,7, covs, sec, O. TL: Ll, covs. M.
rump, back, M; nape, crown, C; all unders, M.