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BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 105
TAO AREA: COASTAL AREA NW CENTRAL MOUNTAINS (MT. PANIE)
26th, July, 1939.
SK. NO. 70. ACCIPITER HAP.
Accipiter hap., Male AD., 1/4 plus, white.
IRIS: Orange yellow; edge of lid, pale yellow.
SHOT: ? a.m. WGHT: 172.3 gms.
SKL: C.O. STM: 0/0 empty
MOULT: Nil. ABR: W/T1/Nil.
SK. No. 70A. MEGALURULUS:
Megalurulus: Male AD. 1/2 minus, white.
Iris; Warm brown; Bill, black, palate, black;
Legs & Feet, dusky flesh.
APPEARS TO HAVE AN EXTRA LONG TAIL IN THIS AREA.
SHOT: 7:30a.m. WGHT: 26 gms. W:75. TL:100
SKL: C.O. STM: 1/1, wood-lose, insects.
MOULT: Nil ABR: W/T: nil
SK. No. 70B. ZOSTEROPS LAT:
Zosterops lat.: Female AD., 1/2.
SHOT: 8a.m. WGHT: 13.65 gms.
SKL: C.O. STM: 1/1 blue berries, (lantana?)
Moult; Nil ABR: W/T: nil.
TIME OF SHOOTING WAS WRONGLY ENTERED ON THIS LABEL.
SK. No. 70C. CHALCITIES:
Chalcities: layrd; Male, 1/2 yellowish white.
SHOT: 9:30 a.m. WGHT: 22.45 gms.
SKL: 1/2 ossif. STM: 1/1, caterpillars.
MOULT: ABR: W/T: nil
TL:covs M.
all uppers O exc. rump M, nape C.
unders O.
Native Name: TAO Dialect: MAR-KU-LU-NANGUK.
SK. NO. 70D. LICHMERA:
Lichmera: Male AD., 3/4, white, (L.T.3/4plus; R.T.3/4 minus)
SHOT: 10 a.m. WGHT::18.6 gms. Excessively fat.
SKL: C.O. STM: 1/4 nectar.
MOULT: Nil. ABR: W/T: nil.
Another species seen this day in this area was Ptilinopus greyi,
an IMM. being seen showing that it breeds here. Actually I do
not think it is at all common except after a cyclone from the
Loyalties direction, it is then very abundant for a month or two
but either dies of starvation or returns to the islands. A few
remain.