"The Dyak collector was trying to pin it beneath a folded sheet. According to him the colour of the breast was brown and white, standing up about 16 inches high, and a body length of about 2 feet. It was a S. I could hear it crying in the trap this morning from our camp a distance of about 4 miles away from the traps in which it was caught. It was a whining kind not unlike that of a domestic dog. The area now that of an open slopes that let in a mere shed. It was on a trail on a ridge some and leading to the highest hill in the vicinity. This morning tended traps and prepared specimens. The Dyak shifted to snares for large mammals. This afternoon prepared specimens, went hunting and walked with the radio. I am having recieve trouble which is located some miles in the ridge area. Morrow & one of my Dyak collectors returned from the 1500m camp, the are established by Tom for butterfly catching. Following is a report on specimens & traps set: - 1 Peroryctes 9 Melomys (2 sp.) 189 snare traps 2 Planigale (2 sp. 1 rat trap 4 Stramys 11 still traps 1 Lorentzimus 201 traps set 17 mammals that. 6 traps night. 1206 Total trap nights Feb.3 18hr. SW Burnard Camp, shooting R. Mitchell's No Burnie 2150m. 227 rat traps, 17 still traps. - 1 Melomys, 1 Peroryctes This morning tended traps and prepared specimens. This afternoon spent that camp because of bad weather. A note from Frank states that he and Tom with transport are going to the 1200m camp.