BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 4 were seen hunting through the low heath lands, but it also was shy and extremely active. NOTE* PACHYCEPHALA RUFIVENTRIS appears to spend a great deal of its time in the low shrubs of the heathlands and even feeds on the bare red ground. To date only two ?s have been seen and both were in the heathlands. also are seen and heard there but by calls appear more numerous in low shrubs on river margins, etc. LALAGE is not common & appears to be more in areas where some trees are found. ERYTHRURA is shy and wary but no more so than others of the same species.(!) MYIAGRA heard but not seen in scrubs (or shrubs?) on river banks. Saw one solitary unidentified hawk flying very high and playing and calling. Appeared like ACCIPITER in behavior but unlike ACCIPITER VIGILAX,which is a very silent bird , this one whistled a great deal, possibly it was ACCIPITER HAPLOCHROUS but the whistle was somewhat reminiscent of the 'Whistling Eagle' of Australia, may have been HALIASTUR but appeared small for that, though the distance was great; appeared to have considerable tail movement and to fan the tail more like ACCIPITER. Hawk collecting will be hard in this country. A very few ZOSTEROPS were seen or heard and all appeared to be FLAVIFRONS. ARTAMUS - a few were seen on the wing. Truly insectivorous birds such as RHIPIDURA seem rare in the area and none were seen. Pigeons also entirely absent as were any water birds or waders along the river and no parrots seen so far in the area. COLLOCALIA UROP. & SPOD. LEUC. both seen, but not common. SKIN 4 PACHYCEPHALA RUFIVENTRIS - Ovaries three-fourths enlarged. Iris- reddish brown. BILL-black. LEGS & FEET-black with suggestion brownish or very dark nigger brown. Shot 7:30 A.M. Weight- 21.9 grams. Slight abrasion on wing & tail; considerable on body especially on tail coverts. Stomach full of beetles and caterpillars. Skull completely ossified.