BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 27 Wednesday, 22nd, March, 1939. WEATHER: Showers off and on all day, odd glimpses of sun with a slight tendency to become finer but subject to sudden complete overcast and a sharp downpour. Clouds 80 to 100%. Cloud carry from the ESE. BIRDS: The birds were very irregular in behaviour, at times behaviour seemed to be irrespective of the weather. At times almost all species were seen feeding very high and within a few minutes all were feeding near the ground. At times calls were frequent and others the forest was completely silent. Leptomyza seems to be a solitary species, three were seen and all were single birds on their own. It has a call something like Philemon but is more of a whistle and not so harsh and grating. It will come to lure calls. Saw one party of Erythrura, two adults and two imm., the young were still being fed. This was in the densest forest. Several other single specimens were seen,: ad. AND imm at other points. It is a very early feeding species, commences to feed before it is daylight. Clytorhynchus: two were seen and one shot but lost in underbrush. This species seems much shyer and smaller than the New Heb. race, and it's calls are much weaker. It appeared to stay about 10 to 15 ft. from the ground. Only one large pidgeon was heard to call today. For the first time definately Guadalcanaria was clearly seen. In these tall original forests it is entirely a bird of the tree tops. It is not common and seems to have different calls to the bird at the coast. SK. No. 38a. RHIPIDURA (f.b.) R. flavb. bulgeri:: Male IMM., 1/4 plus, whitish. SHOT: 8 a.m. WGHT: 6.8 gm. SKL: 1/2 ossif. STM: 1/2 insects MOULT: TL: covs M. Body: vent, belly, flanks, M: neck, O.