BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 42 OWING TO ARRIVAL OF JAVANESE AND OTHER THINGS IT WAS NECESSARY TO CLOSE THE FOREST CAMP AND GO TO THE COAST THE FOLLOWING DAY. AS THINGS IN THE FOREST WERE FAR FROM SATISFACTORY IT WAS JUST AS WELL SO PROCEEDED TO NOUMEA AT THE FIRST DATE POSSIBLE. OWING TO CYCLONE AND OTHER CAUSES IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TO THE NEXT AREA AS TRANSPORT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS. THEN I HAD TO RETURN TO NOUMEA TO KEEP IN WITH THE UPPER TWENTY BY GIVING A SHORT LECTURE. COMMENCED WORK IN THE WAILU AREA (LOWER RIVER VALLEY) SOME FOUR WEEKS LATER. Moult was still not very good in many species.