BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 32 Friday, 24th, March, 1939. SPECIAL NOTES BIRDS: During the afternoon some Nymphicus were shot. A flock of about 20 or even 30 were reported close to where the Japanese were working and an attempt to collect resulted in three being shot, one lost in the dense ground scrub and two being found. One was a very large bird the other was small and with a different coloured bill. It is possibly the imm. phase though the skull was C.O. It is possible this species has a first year plumage phase. A good series which should be possibly obtainable should throw some light on the matter. The smaller swifter winged parrot mentioned elsewhere may be this smaller bird. SK. No. 39e. Nymphicus. N. corn. corn. Male AD. 1/2 minus, (repose), Black. BADLY SHOT DAMAGED: POSSIBLY LITTLE VALUE AS SKIN. Soft Parts: Iris, reddish orange: Bill, black horn, blue horn base: L&F., Black Shot: 2 p.m. WGHT: 174.2 gm. W: 175 TL: 180 SKL: C.O. STM: gizzard, ground up seeds, long stm., a smelly yellow fruit, soft, with white seeds like small pumpkin seeds. neck crop, the same but more pulp than seeds. Moult: ABR: W: mixed avr. slight W: R. 1f, 5 tl: from VM to N. avr. fair. L. 1f, 5 sec M. covs- O TL: covs. Q. Body: all uppers O X rump, lower-back M. all unders considerable. Clotted blood formed while looking for bird etc. was too much and far dry to clean up properly/ SK. NO. 39f. NYMPHICUS (Correction to CHARMOSYNA) No! ? N. corn. corn. Female (? imm. or AD) 1/2, discoloured. Has a trace of a right ovary, fairly large. May have bred. Soft Parts: Iris, pale orange (?). Bill: reddish yellow like corn (maize). L&F. greyish black. SHOT: 2 P.M. WGHT: 131 gm. (approx.) W: 154. TL: 162 SKL: C.O. but appears thinish. STM: gizzard, ground up seeds; Long stm. soft yellow smelly fruit with white seeds like small pumpkin seeds, neck crop - the same but greater per cent of pulp to seeds. Moult: Body: all uppers-O X Rump M. ABR: w/t. nil all unders O.