BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 125 one small they may be correct but as both inhabit the same area and are seen together it seems more likely that this is an age mark or breeding plumage or some such, but will mark these specimens with a sub. sp. mark in the log till the position becomes clear. During the night very great numbers of petrels were heard passing over the camp (4000 ft.) all the night long, not as is usual with these only at certain hours, and from the calls I would have thought they were Fregata albigularis but the next morning a burrow, where the bird had been heard calling at night, close to the camp was investigated and though no bird was obtained from it some feathers were which seemed to be those of P. therminera nugax. It is more than likely that as on Tanna and the Southern New Hebrides there are several species of petrels nesting in these hills. Burrows are very scattered owing to the soil being only sufficiently sandy in small patches for them to burrow. Later attempts will be made to collect. SK. No. 76. Leptomyza sub-sp. Leptomyza sub-sp.: Female AD., 1/2 minus, repose, poss. never bred yet. SHOT: 11 a.m. ALTITUDE: 2500' A.S.L. SKL: C.O. STM: 1/4 , kernal of areica palm nut. MOULT: Nil ABR: W/T: nil/ SOFT PARTS: Iris: dark brown. Bill, up M., black, Low. M., horn with black tip. L&F, livid flesh Wattles: Orange yellow, ear coverts (feathers) ginger. NO WEIGHTS OF BIRDS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE MOUNTAIN AS EVERY OUNCE OF MATERIAL CARRIED UP HAS TO BE CONSIDERED. THE PEAK OF PANIE IS ONLY 3 1/2 MILES AIR LINE FROM THE COAST AND IT IS OVER 5 THOUSAND FEET UP. NATIVE CARRIERS ARE VERY HARD TO GET AND ONLY TWO WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE CLIMB.