Field notes on the birds of New Caledonia 1938-1939
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BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 36 SK. No. 40c. ACCIPITER haplc. Accipiter haplochrous: Male IMM., 1/4 plus, white. SOFT PARTS: Iris, yellow: Bill, black horn, blue horn base: Cere, greenish yellow: L&F, bright yellow: SHOT: 8:30 a.m. WGHT: 149 gm. W:195. TL: 145 SKL: 0.8 ossif. thin and weakish. STM: 1/2 insects, (cockroaches, scorpion) MOULT: nil. ABR: w/t:nil SK. No. 40d. GUADALCANARIA G. undulata: Female AD. 3/4 plus, discoloured oocytes O.M.E. SOFT PARTS: Iris, light brown: Bill, black: L&F, slate. SHOT: 6:45 a.m. WGHT: 24 gm. W: 87 TL: 80 SKL: C.O. STM: 1/4 small insects, nectar MOULT: Upper back C, nape, crown O. All unders O. (few). ABR: Nil SK. No. 40e. RHIPIDURA (f.b.) R. flab. bulgeri. Male SUB. AD. 1/4. SHOT: 9 a.m. WGHT: 6.65 gm. SKL: 0.8 ossif. STM: 1/1 insects. MOULT: nil ABR: w/t. Nil. SK. No. 40f. GERYGONE. G. flav. flav. Male AD. 1/2 minus (repose), white. SHOT: 8 a.m. WGHT: 6.05 gm. SKL: C.O. STM: 3/4 insects (ants?). MOULT:Tl. covs M. ABR: w/t. Nil Body: rump O, back M, nape, crown M. all unders M. SK. No. 40g. ACCIPITER hapl. A. haplochrous. Male ad. 1/2 minus (L.T.:1/2, R.T. 1/2 minus white). SHOT: 4 p.m. WGHT: 167 gm. W: 200. TL: 150. SKL: C.O. STM: 1/1 lizards, grasshoppers. MOULT: Nil. ABR: w/t. Nil.