Field notes, v1442
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Lt DICKER 1969 Log which broke open exploring a bird which I caught (No. 3069); the no having fox o. When we get back it was ~1800, just time to gather & mist nets & clear some jobs to head back down the NW track to get the . After ~ = 12-15 hrs work = left in Darkness of 2030 ft. We set the net. After dinner we studied two detailed maps of the area & finally located Wanama to our satisfaction - just to the east of the headwaters of the Namagai R. (Raina drainage), 2200 ft. with coordinates L: 145° 21'E, 4°, 52'S. Then we checked mist nets, had good caught 1 Macroglossus (WCL W.3073) & ~50 scarab girls. Got to bed about 2230. Aug 27 Up at 0600 to check mist nets. Caught 4 Syconectris incl'dg 1 with a big running fly (208,307x & 3075-), + 54 Macroglossus. Also 3 bird flew into the tent while we worked taking out boots & beetles (1 big orange headed mynah, + 2 different sp. of kingfisher). After breakfast I shinned 3 boots. Poshman kept checking the nets clear away in his. He was catching lots of bird, but something was also rolling the nets. In the early sun we also had 1 king of a Syconectris & Macroglossus - the net's cordding had apparently taken the net. Yancour had gone down to the river at 0600 to check on trap & reported catching nothing. After lunch I started setting traps. I went on a trail & a mission house which led down