BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 114 Philemon l. Is common about the coastal coconut palms but does not appear to visit the Noulie to any great extent. It is common in the true forest and was met with at the very summit at well over the 5 thousand feet. There appeared to be a zone from about 3 thousand to 4 thousand feet where it was entirely absent. Birds at the summit appeared larger and brighter with more blue in the wing and with larger bills. Guadalcanaria u. This species is common about the coast and in the Noulie scrubs is fairly common. It is common in the forest but none were seen or heard above 2 thousand ft. till the actual summit was reached when it was again seen and heard. At the summit it appeared a much larger bird with much brighter plumage and with a very much longer bill. The specimen shot had a small patch of pale yellow feathers on the chin but these appeared irregular and not a true pattern change, possibly freak feathers. Still the difference in the size of the beak would almost constitute a different super sub-species. Lichmera i. i. This species seems to be confined to the Noulie and the coastal scrubs and coco-nuts. It was neither seen or heard once the forest was entered. Even at 400 ft. it was not common. At the coast it is one of the commonest species. Here in this area it spends much time feeding near the ground in ferns and shrubs at some distance from coco-nuts. Myzomela c. c. This species is uncommon near the coast and is uncommon in the Noulie but once the forest is entered it is much more common, till in the vicinity of 3000 ft. it is by far the commonest bird, in fact in the lower pandanus scrubs it appears to be almost the only bird. It appears right at the very summit and all the way up the mountains it becomes progressively brighter as greater altitude is attained. At the summit the amount of scarlet appears to