BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 75 Wailu Area. Tuesday, 13th June, 1939. Weather: Fine sunny, light SSE wind, clouding over later. Cold in early morning, sunrise 6:45 a.m. Warm by 8 a.m. Clouds 0 to 80% by 11 a.m. Habitat: Grass flats at mouth of river. Short grass, buffilo grass, low clumps of dense scrub 3 or 4 ft. high and in ten ft. square clumps approx. average, with open patches in between and narrow lanes in places. A thorny shrub from 6 to 10 ft. high, nowhere dense and the shrub itself is a thin type of foiliage. Just visited the extreme edge of heathlands bordering the main road for a minute on the way home. BIRDS: Birds were as yesterday, did not become active till 7:30 a.m. or thereabouts, when the atmosphere had warmed up a little. From then on all species were extremely actively feeding. Were still active and feeding at 10:30 a.m. MEGALURULUS: On the way home a pair of these carrying dry grass for nesting was seen and shot. Nest must have been within 150 ft. of the main road. This speaks for this species powers of escaping observation when it is unknown to many natives. SEE DAILY SPECIES NOTES: Pandion: One seen again near poultry yard but it cleared out when shooting commenced. Chalcities: Three were heard calling and one was shot. This species seems to be calling more in the last week or so. Trichoglossus: Two were heard calling and seen to fly over very high up near the mouth of the river, passing inland up the valley after having been following the coast line.