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BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 69
SK. No. 52D. MEGALURULUS:
Megalurulus: Female IMM. 1/4 plus, oviduct plainly visible.
Gape soft yellowish, palate and inside throat
yellow not black.
SHOT: 9:15 a.m. WGHT: 19.55 gms.
SKL: no ossification.
STM: 1/2 insects.
MOULT: T1::R, 1f,2f,3f sequence increasing from 3 to 1.
L,1f,2f,3f
Rump: M. ABR: W/V.S.
Belly, breast, neck O. T1/S.
SK. No. 52.E. CORACINA:
Coracina: Male AD. 1/2 minus black (repose).
SHOT: 7 a.m. WGHT: 150.7 gms.
SKL: C.O. STM: 0/0 empty.
MOULT: Nil. (?) ABR: [illegible]. Nil.
SK. No. 52F. MIAGRA:
Miagra: Male AD. 1/2 minus white.
SHOT: 9:45 a.m. WGHT: 10.4 gms.
SKL: C.O.
STM: 1/2 small insects.
MOULT: Nil. ABR: W/Tl. Nil.
SK. No. 52G. CORACINA:
Coracina: Female AD. 1/2 plus. Shot damaged.
SHOT: 8 A.M. WGHT: 150.9 gms. Specimen excessively fat.
SKL: C.O. STM: 0/0 empty.
MOULT: Nil. ABR: W/Tl. Nil.
SK. No. 52H. RHIPIDURA f.b.
Rhipidura flab. bulg.: Female AD. 3/4 minus.
SHOT: 7:30 a.m.
WGHT: 6.5 gms.
SKL: ? X.
STM: 1/2 insects.
MOULT: Nil. ABR: W/Tl. Nil.
Definitely adult by white wing covert tips which are
brown in an immature.