BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 113 open to doubt though as all seen there were high in the trees. If this is this species it may be possible that there is some variation in the species. Myiagra c. c. This species does appear in the Noulie and in the coastal scanty scrubs but seemed to be more of a forest margin species and is common about the forest-Noulie margins and for about one thousand feet above that altitude. None were seen above 2 thousand feet. Nowhere was it abundant. Pachycephala r. x. This species seems to inhabit the Noulie and the coastal scrubs and nowhere does it penetrate more than a feet yards into the forest in this area. It is exceedingly abundant along the coast and is possibly the commonest species in the Noulie. Artamus l. m. Very abundant in the Noulie and in the coastal scrubs. Does not appear to enter the forest very much in this area. None were seen about 2000 ft. Aplonis s. s. This species is not common in the Noulie or in the coastal scrubs but it does visit these areas frequently and is thus a bird of these areas which may be met therein at any time. It appears to be a bird more of the forests but is not by any means abundant there. It was seen at 5000 ft. and though it appeared to be different in size and with a slightly larger beak did not appear very different at that level. Corvus (P.) m. Is common about the coast and in the Noulie but is not as common there as in the true forests, especially about the margins of the true forest and for a thousand feet above that level. After that it becomes much less common but may be met with even right at the very summit of the mountains at 5 thousand feet and more. It is an extremely noisy and cowardly bird.