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"Saw white the wing. One was apparently a different sp.
at least it frayed in a different manner - a high slow flight among
the upper boughs of large trees.
Jan. 13 15 km S W Bernhard Camp Darling R. Netherlands New Guinea 1800m.
193 mmn traps, 232 net trips, 28 still traps -
5 Melonops, 1 Stenomya.
The morning studied traps, prepared specimens
and developed pellicule. The afternoon was spent in
hunting along the ridge which goes to the Sawlis Rive.
Nothing of note was seen.
This evening & n more bats were seen. Flying through
the mist. The low swift flying species was the
most numerous.
Weather: Intermittent mist, cloud overcast, and
sunshine.
Jan 14 15 km S W Bernhard Camp Darling R. Netherlands New Guinea 1800m.
193 mmn traps, 232 net trips, 28 still traps -
3 Pseudohydrornys, 1 Melonops, 3 Stenomya,
1 Dorcopsis, 1 Peroryctes. The lot, 1 Miniopterus,
was taken by Althoff last evening while catching
insects about the lamp. 1 Phascolosoma also
shot this morning by Bard.
Note - The glen Pseudohydrornys has
previously been taken at this camp and
incorrectly cataloged and accounted for as Melonops.
The catalog is still correct but the specimen given
account shall remain the same with a note indicating
incorrect determination. I am not sure
that this little Hydrornys in a Pseudohydrornys
but it apparently is closer to that genus
than any other similar genus and so that it
will be called until museum determination.
The morning studied traps and prepared
specimens as well as removing the net trips
(227). The afternoon reset the net trips.
The line begins below the camp on the
south slope. It follows the small stream
down for some 3 or 4 hundred yards and then