General Account 1938-1939
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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