BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 68 The bird appeared to be a little bigger than Hypotaenidia with little or no tail, long bright yellow legs and the body appeared to be a light soft dove grey, about the grey of the Kagu. I would have thought it a small hawk but for the absence of tail, but it actually may have had a tail as the glimpse was too fleeting to be sure. If it was a hawk it must have been a species about as large as the Nankeen Kestral of Australia. Sk. No. 52A. GERYGONE Gerygone: Female IMM. 0/0 plus. SHOT: 7:10 a.m. WGHT: 5.95 gms. SKL: .33 ossif. STM: 3/4, small beetles & insects. MOULT: nil ABR: W/T. slight. This specimen has all the outward appearances of an adult even to the white eye-brow which is generally a sure sign, being yellow in IMM. and white in adults. SK. No. 52B. GERYGONE Gerygone: Male IMM. 1/4 minus, pale whitish. SHOT: 8:10 a.m. WGHT: 6.4 gms. SKL: .6 ossif. STM: 1/2 minute insects, ants. MOULT: All uppers O, few. Breast, neck, chin O. ABR: W/T. Nil. SK. No. 52C. CORACINA; Coracina: Male SUB. AD. 1/4 plus, black (round not flat). SHOT: 9 A.M. WGHT: 147.3 gms. SKL: .9 ossif. STM: 1/1 grasshoppers, seeds. MOULT: All upper covs. M. ABR: W/slight Back C, Nape M. TL/much All unders C.