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BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA
L. Macmillan
Page 41
SK. No. 42a. ZOSTEROPS (flav.)
Z. xanthochroa: Female IMM. 1/4 minus.
SHOT: 8:45 a.m.
WGHT: 13.55 gm.
W: 58
TL: 46
SKL: .2 ossif.
STM: o/o residue.
MOULT: W::R.7.
secs., covs M.
L.ditto.
TL: covs. M.
ABR: Nil.
Body: All uppers and unders V.M.
SK. No. 42b. NYMPHICUS.
N. corn. corn. Male Sub. AD., O/O plus, white.
SOFT PARTS: Iris, brownish ring with greyish outer ring, (??):
Bill, Indian corn yellow. L & F, greyish black.
SHOT: 8:25 a.m.
WGHT: 140 gm.
W: 165
TL: 180
SKL: C.O. This species evidently ossif. very early.
Probably breeds in Oct. or even earlier.
STM: 1/2 ground up seeds.
CROP: o/o, almost empty, a few
seeded fruits and a few flower cusps, the nob like bulb
at the back from which the flower petals grow.
MOULT:
Body: nape odd, crown M.
unders odd few
ABR: w/t, nil.
SK. No. 42c. PACHYCEPHALA.
P. pec. cal. Male AD., 1/2 minus (repose), yellowish white.
SHOT: 7:30 a.m.
WGHT: 22.55 gm.
SKL: C.O.
STM: 1/2 insects, ants.
MOULT: W::R
, 1,2,13f,14f,15,16.
L
, 1,2,13f,15.
All covs V.M.
Body: All uppers M.
All unders V.M.
ABR: Nil.
SK. No. 42 D. NYMPHICUS.
N. corn. corn: Male Sub. AD, o/o plus, white (not flat)
SOFT PARTS: Iris, narrow gold ring, wide dirty greyish outer ring:
Bill, Indian corn yellow: L&F, greyish black.
SHOT: 8 a.m.
WGHT: 135gm.
W: 169. TL: 174.
STM: 1/2 ground up seeds. CROP: 1/4 yellow fruit pulp, no seeds.
SKL: .9 ossif. (two small crescents above eye not oss.)
MOULT: W::L.8,14-17 (shot or moult?) Wing shot damaged.
TL: L.2.
Covs. M.
Body: Back M, nape, cheeks O.
Vent, flanks C, breast, neck, chin O.