BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 120 Philemon: Abundant, possibly its natural zone. See previous zone. Leptomyza a.: This is this species natural zone and it is here that it reaches its greatest numbers. It has many and weird calls. It calls in the early morning at about 3 o'clock and goes on calling at intervals till daylight. I believe it is a good mimic as it appears to get a number of other birds calls and it attempts many that are beyond its powers hence the weird and strange sounds. It has some really frightfull hysterical calls. It has two notes like the notes of a Xycelephone or some clicking their tongue with a tink-tonk sound. It is found right to the summit by report but we saw or heard none beyond about 2 thousand feet. Guadalcanaris: Abundant : See previous zone notes. Myzomela: Present: Abundant: See previous notes. Zosterops x.: Present abundant. See prev. zone notes. Erythrura p.: Present, probably nests. See prev. notes. TAO AREA: Coastal NW Mountains, (Mt. Panie Area) 1500 to 3000 thousand feet This zone merges so gradually with that below it and the deep steep valleys running back into it make it more or less very similar in bird life with that below that it is very much the same with a lessining of all bird life in it, except as regards Myzomela which here appears to reach its greatest density, especially toward the top. Gerygone is also plentiful in the area and though not as common as the other shares the upper part of the area with Myzomela almost exclusively.