BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 112 Halcyon c. c. Very common about the coastal flats and fairly abundant in the Noulie. Some were heard and seen in the forests up to 1500 ft. but none above that. It may be present at higher levels though not seen. Lalage Very common about the coastal flats and in the Open Noulie forests. A few were heard in the forests up to about 2500 ft. but none higher. It probably occurs at greater heights though. Coracina c. c. Is not uncommon on the coastal flats and appears in the forest up to about 1500 ft. Seen. Megalurulus m. Is a bird entirely confined to this zone. Is only found where grass and ferns are found in conjunction. Inhabits the coastal flats and Noulie and is found right up to the margin of the forest and even in small isolated patches of Noulise close to the forest margin but actually enclosed by forest, though I believe is not plentiful in such patches, but does not appear to enter the forests at all. None were heard or seen once true forest was entered. It like Aegotheles appears to be a bird of very definite and defined habitat. Gerygone f. f. Common at all levels and in all types of habitat except the scanty bird zone but even there it is present. Rhipidura s v. Appears to be mostly a mountain forest species. It rarely appears in the Noulie and as far as I could see appeared to not go above about 3 or 4 thousand feet. Rhipidura f. b. Appears to be a species with a very irregular distribution. It is the species common on the coastal flats and in the Noulie areas and then appears to be replaced by R.s.v. but is still found in the forest generally high in the trees though not abundant. It appears to be absent between 2 & 4 thousand feet and appears again at the very summit of the mountains at 4 thousand or more. This is