BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 99 TAO AREA: COASTAL MOUNTAIN AREA OF NW MOUNTAIN CHAIN (MT. PANIE AREA) Friday, 21st July, 1939. Weather: Fine sun and cloud, light west wind. Clouds 40 to 80%. Habitat: Mountain slopes up to 1200 ft. A.S.L. Lower slopes up to 800 ft. covered with open Noulie forest with dense under- brush between of ferns, grass, ect. Thense upwards dense original forest fairly open underbrush of ferns ect. trees from 40 ft. in hight and under with a great many smaller trees of from 15 to 30 ft. in hight. BIRDS: The forests are [illegible] ideal bird areas. Added to the forest species recorded yesterday the following were added today. Hypotaenidia: Seems to be fairly common especially in the grass and ferns of the Noulie forest and along the narrow coastal ledge. Tricholimnas: A local resident captured one of these with a dog three years ago but it is very very rare. Without a doubt this is the species he speaks of. Drepanoptila: Several were seen and 2 shot. The first seen in New Cal. Chalcophaps: Several were seen. Nymphicus: One was heard at about 1200 ft. Is said to be more common heigher up the mountains. Eopsaltria: Seems very abundant in the forests. Pachycephala pectoralis: Abundant in the true forests. Aplonis: Seems very abundant in forests and fairly common in Noulie. Leptomyza: Is very abundant in the true forests. Pandion: Saw nest and brooding female and the male on a branch near by. Nest in dry hard wood tree about 300 yds. inland and about 150 ft. up the hill side in a valley. NEW SPECIES ACCIPITER: The small white hawk the natives spoke of is the A. haplochorous type smaller but areas of white and black the same but the eyes are blood red. It is exceedingly