Marshall, 1945 Palau Lonchura Babelthrap 30 November One farm at area N causeway - flat ground, short glass - human habitations & farmers all around. Here were about 50 of their birds organized into several flocks. They were there morning & afternoon & I coll. 12 of them & lost about as many more - because of losing them in the grass if they flew after being hit - also something (rats?) was eating them. Once when I shot 3 or 4 with one heavy charge, all I found was feathers. Another time I shot one with 1/2 load, saw him drop & found blood & a pile of feathers! They fed exclusively in the grass- perch silently in a small tree a while, then fly down to the grass 50 yds or more away - may circle around a wide area before landing- after a slight faint "toip" note then alight on grass blade, & soon all slip down to the ground & are lost from view. They feed very close together - all bunched up - also perch that way in the trees