BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 118 foot mark but at a slightly lower level on the western slopes. He was somewhat vague about it as it is long since he had seen one, he having lived on the coast and not been above 1 thousand feet for 20 years. No other whites or natives knew the bird at all. The old man said it never came down to lower levels. He said it had never been common and was a rather silent species with only a low murmuring note. Generally speaking this species seems something of a mystery. I have very faint hopes of getting or even seeing any. Chalcities l.l.: Present but not common. Collocalia: 2 species : see previous notes. Halcyon c.c.: Present. Lalage l.m.: Present and common. Edolisoma a.: Present and fairly common. By report, though only two were heard. It is said to go to the top of the mountain. Is said to be very noisy and calls much. This level is probably its densest zone area. Apparently not as common here as in the Baie des Pirogues forests. Coracina c.c. Is present and fairly abundant. Does not appear to go above 15 hundred or 2 thousand feet. TURDUS p.x.: This is ideal habitat for this species but it is entirely absent as far as I can see. It seems to be unknown to whites and natives and is I think ENTIRELY EXTINCT. One or two old men seem to have recollections of such a bird but the younger generation seem to know nothing of this bird or anything like it. We camped on the mount and heard no morning or evening calls such as this bird gives. Gerygone f.f.: This species is common and at higher levels. Rhipidura s.v.: This is the forest species and is exceedingly abundant in this tall forest area. It goes to about 3 thousand feet but I saw none higher. It appears to be very large on the