BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 11 island. They are not continuous but occur in patches in different valleys where denudation has not been excessive. Along with kauri pine and some hardwoods, such as are native to N.C., a great number of accacia and soft woods, and other smaller types of shrubs and trees common to tropical forests. In these forests are many types of vegetation not found elsewhere which give a certain distinctive appearance to these forests, though there is a good deal of similarity to the forests of Aneityum (N.H.) Bird life in these forests is plentiful and is in amazing contrast to the other parts of N.C. I have seen so far. (Altered opinion now is a typical area of original forest) Birds: The following species were seen between about 10:30 A.M. and 12 Noon. PHAENORHINA goliath: A number of these were heard calling and one was seen when it flew away from the place where a smaller bird was shot, the report of the gun scaring the bird. The call is a deep not unlike the sound made by natives blowing on a conch shell. This species is wild and shy as it suffers a great deal of persecution from French shooters. NYMPHICUS: N. cornutus cornutus. A pair of these were seen when a shot frightened them from their midday perch in the forests. They were seen with 300 yds. of the timber getters camp and very close to the railway, an exceedingly promising sign for collecting, a good omen. One bird was shot but was not an outright kill and was lost in the scrub. Both appeared to be imm. The call is very similar to that of the race on Uvea but is somewhat softer and not quite so human in intonation. The alarm was the same "Kokot" call.