to eucalypt forest which continues as one the main divide. Heavy rain all afternoon. Reheating at 5 o'clock I believe I saw Hypsiprymnodon. Saw it only indistinctly. It was rat-sized & slightly hopping in gait but going directly away. It seemed to be in any the flaring roots of an old forest tree. Rain all night. Saw small animal run from near waste-food dump behind guest home (old cans etc). It may have been a Trichosurus but according to Cevil was more likely a native cat. Caught two of the little "scrub turkeys". They are red-headed & look for all the world like fledgled bantams. Both were in steel traps set for the Dasymys near the dump. Cevil says they are chicks; the adults, becoming as large as a hen. Fry Feb 24 Rain most of night. Dendrolagus assimilis in traps, including 3 juveniles. This set is unquestionably extremely common in the scrub. Surprised to get no Delomys. A small tick about. Picked up some traps Went out with hunting lamps. Very little moving. Much mist in forest. Shot a nightail. Wed Feb. 25 Only R. assimilis in traps. The ten concentrated yesterday around the place where I saw the Hypsiprymnodon (?) couple nothing. First free day. Took photos. Bus took me down in afternoon. Reached Tweed 6 p.m. Booked seat on a Qantas plane for Cairns tomorrow night. Thu Feb. 26 Packed specimen which had left with Cees. Got ready for evening plane. Took L. insurance. Saw Keith Kennedy again. Stapled in at a.m. Plane late but reached Cairns at 10.45 p.m. Found Garry, Van & Lin at Airport. All well. The two former had arrived the night before from Sydney; for this day before then. My "reconnaissance" close at midnight + I shall leave "Archbold expedition" tomorrow.