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Fri day
7.
This cape consists of sea beach, ironstone low headed backed
by star pine cove, sand dunes, a protruding swamp
which breaks out as small stems to the sea at
intervals through the dunes. The dunes are cut
up by the prevailing SE trade wind
Super brief storms. Van trapped 1 Delmops, 1 Bronze
Total traps out: about 160. Jacky at night: Van
shot a Dactylopsila; I caught a night-turk by hand.
Sat. May
8.
I trapped 2 Delmops; Van & Morton nil. Van's Delmop
If yesterday may be new. Beach south of us is
named Name Beach, that with Nanthau Beach (1 inch
= 1 mile). The rocky point between is Name Point;
Far to SE can see Heights of Turtlehead Island.
Van + I cleared back trail off Emerant Rd for about
a mile - across creek where truck bogged down
earlier in week, weather improved.
Jacky shot a Petanus bruneiceps. Van shot sometly but
couldn't find it. I picked up a pale gray secto boy land.
+ 2 figs.
Sun.
May 9.
Nothing in any of the traps. Van & I cleared out a night
hunting system of branching trails on the lee side of
the scrub. Van killed a 7-ft. carpet snake under
the tree when she was searching for the animal & had
lost the night before. In the c.s. were a baby bandicoot
and an Acrobates. Was this the specimen Van dropped
the night before? It could have been. An x-ray would
show whether it had any #11 str. in it.
I shifted 15 of my traps in for. Van loping for
late at sea-cliff.
Mon. May
10.
Van netted Toplophosus and Hipposiderus cervinus in
crevices in ironstone cliffs facing sea, Morton too; 1
Rattus leucops + 1 shrike.
I cut new track behind clumps to connect with
my s.o. trail. Plenty of green hornets.