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BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA
L. Macmillan
Page 28
SK. NO. 38b. GERYGONE.
Gerygone flavolateralis flavolateralis: Male AD. 1/2 minus,
(repose), white.
Soft Parts: Iris, crimson: Bill, black: L & F., black
Shot: 9 a.m. WGHT: 6.45 gm. W: 53 TL: 43
SKL: C.O. STM: 1/4 insects
Moult:
Body: back, M; crown, O.
all unders odd.
ABR: w/t: Nil.
SK. No. 38c. LEPTOMYZA
Leptomyza aubryana :: Male AD. 1/2 minus, white (repose, small)
Soft parts: Iris, brown; Bill, black and yellowish horn:
L & F, livid flesh: Wattle, yellow in death,
faintly red in life.
Shot: 8:30 a.m. WGHT: 211 gm. W: 184 TL: 182
SKL: C.O. STM: 1/4 mistletoe flowers and berries.
MOULT: Nil. ABR: W/T Slight.
Native Name: TUI.
SK. No. 38d. GERYGONE.
G. flav. flav.: Female Imm. 1/4.
NATIVE NAME FOR ALL NEW CAL.: PWEE.
Shot: 8:30 a.m. WGHT: 6.6gm.
SKL: 1/4 ossif. STM: 3/4 insects
MOULT: ABR: w: nil
tl: slight
T.L. Shot damaged
Body: neck, chin, C.
Sk. No. 38e. RHIPIDURA (s.v.)
R. spil. verr.: Female A.D., 1/2 minus, (repose).
Shot: 9:30 a.m. WGHT: 9.7 gm.
SKL: C.O. STM: 1/4 insects.
Moult: Back C.
ABR: w/t: Nil.
Breast, neck, chin, O.
Thursday, 23rd, March, 1939.
WEATHER: Dull cloudy overcast, showers off and on all day. Clouds
100 %. Cloud carry from the ESE, fast.
IN CAMP REARRANGING SKINS ETC.