BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 124 TAO AREA: Coastal N.W. Mounts. (Mt. Panie Area) Saturday was rainy, Sunday the 6th Aug. fine and sunny. Monday, 7th, August, 1939. Weather: Fine clear sunny. ATTEMPTED TO REACH THE CAMP WE HAD ESTABLISHED AT 4000 FT. A.S.L. BUT HAD TO TURN BACK FROM ABOUT THE 1000 FT. MARK AS THE TRACK WAS VERY STEEP AND WAS DANGEROUSLY SLIPPERY. Some shooting was done on the way down but nothing unusual was seen or heard or collected. SK. No. 75 GERYGONE: Gerygone: Male AD., 1/2 minus, yellowish white. SHOT: 1 p.m. At sea level. WGHT: 6.45 gms. SKL: C.O. STM: 1/1, small insects & insect eggs, MOULT: Nil. W:R. shot D. ABR: W:nil TL: V. slight SK. No. 75A. CLYTORHYNCHUS: Clytorhynchus p.p. : Male AD., 1/4 plus, black. SHOT: 2 p.m. WGHT: ? SKL: C.O. STM:= 1/4, few insects. MOULT: Wing: R. 3, Ø. ABR: W/T: nil. Tail: Ø. Tuesday, 8th, August, 1939 Weather: Fine sun & cloud. Light easterly airs. Clouds 40%, ceiling at about 4 thousand feet. Habitat: Climbing to 4 th. ft. Camp. See other notes. Birds: Natives mentioned tale of Megalurulus, if it calls on the right hand all is well but if it calls on ones left the project he is engaged on is doomed to dissapointment. Also that when Leptomyza gives its xylophone call it means rain. Collected at 2500' a specimen of Leptomyza with its ear coverts a deep ginger. Natives speak of there being two species this one and the plain eared one. As they speak of one being large and