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General Account
flight again. Lord specimen (Kipoides)
along the line.
July 3 Ballaria Nethlands New Guinea.
443 traps - 1 Katina
This morning being Sunday we took a trip,
something like the past week's day off. This, however,
was in our newly acquired motor boat to
Kum and then on to the Keen's plantation.
From here we purchased 2 half gram Dendrolas
which I shall attempt to keep alive for
studying. A big history study comparing Dendrolas
Phalyns and Doropsin would prove very interesting.
This morning an adult & Phalegeus
was brought in. It will be prepared tomorrow.
The evening from 8-10 I spent hunting
in the jungle south east of Ballaria.
The boys saw a few Hippoides in the
glass which they caught. I also saw a
Mabongo skink crawling about the thick
undergrowth. It was about 2 meters off the
ground running along small limb and
now and again hesitating to feed around. When
startled it sought the high undergrowthed
grass for escape. The character that led me
to part it in Mabongo rather than Katina was
the post whiteful fur of the belly and the shiny
shape. I believe that it is the species
common them in the traps in this vicinity.
I also saw then a very large fruit bats
hanging near the top of a tall tree. This
tree or a neighboring one contained number
of small (1/2") like fruits. I guess that the
bats was feeding on these fruits for at time,
it poured almost like rain from the limbs
side and fruits that came down personally
as the result of this feeding.