BIRDS - CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 57 specilized birds which one would not expect in certain areas entirely unsuited to them keep outside those areas. e.g. Megalurus will not be found in short grass grazing paddocks, though it is common in heathlands where there is some ground cover. Porphyrion, will not be found in the heathlands except by accident and probably only at night on a migration from one valley to another across the dividing ridge. BIRDS: There was little individual species notes this day. Birds were very inactive all day. All species of birds in this area suffer a great deal of persecution from natives who appear to be meat hungry as kingfishers, hawks, thickheads, in fact all species are eaten by them. One often sees injured birds which have been hit with stones and so on about. I saw a Philimon with a broken wing, and a kingfisher I shot had a pierced and broken beak from an arrow wound. Collected Specimens Data: Monday, 15th May, 1939. Wailu Area: Sea level to 1000 ft., A.S.L. All types in ten mile tramp. Sk. No. 48A. Haliastur. ORIG. IDENTIFIED AS PANDION HALIACUTUS Haliastur sphenusus johannea (Brasil): Female AD., 3/4, O.V.S.E., microhaliactus CROSSED OUT discoloured oocytes, yellowish, Had distinct Right ovary showing small oocytes. SOFT PARTS: Iris, grey; Bill, dark horn, black horn tip; Legs & Feet, white; claws black. SHOT: 2:30 P.M. Hawking over fresh water river but about 1 1/2 miles inland but within tidal influence. WGHT: 921 gms. W: 425 TL:265. SKL: C.O. thick. STM: 1/4 residue, pellet, fur and bones of rat or mouse. MOULT: Nil. ABR: W/T: slight Sk. NO. 48B. Megalurus Megalurus: Female, poss. IMM. 1/2 plus. (Note added in ink here as follows - OK Sex referred to body again & it is definitely Q 1/2 +.) SOFT PARTS USUAL: A characteristic of this species is that the inside of the mouth, pallet, well down the throat is black. SHOT: 1:30 p.m. Tall rushes on river margin. WGHT: 22.1 gms. SKL: prob. .66 ossif. STM: 1/4, beetles, insects. MOULT: Nil. ABR: nil.