Gill, Douglas E. 1964 He came back at 0600 and woke Larry and I up. We made last packing arrange- ments, paid our room bill and with Paul DuMont and Cameron we all drove out to the airport. We got our tickets and waited half an hour for the plane. We left on a Hawaiian Airline plane at 7:55. The stewardess described the sights for tourists as we flew over Oahu. We landed on Maui 35 minutes later, got our bug gage and rented a Chevy II from National Car Rentals and drove into town. We bought some food to last us four days and drove up to Kaleakala Crater. As we gained altitude the scenery became increasingly beautiful. Confers of various sorts became evident as well as roily grasslands on the slopes. A short-eared owl sailed over head and later we saw another. Up around 4000 Lat. we saw a group of Skylarks. The road was one car wide although they had a cents strip. We drove up into Haleakala National Park and stopped at the Ranger Station. We had already called the Superintendent and informed him of our plans so here we made final agreements. We obtained a permit to collect one Dark-rump. Just before the ranger staton we had stopped at a picnic area to eat and get our stuff ready. There were several buses around and I regretted not having brought binoculars. Aftervisiting the superintendent we drove up to the top of the crater to the lookout. It was a sea of clouds but that is typical. We drove back to the Halemauu Tract, changed into field clothes and started out on the trail. After a short while (1/4 to 1/2 mile) we struck off to the right and climed right to the top of the crater. Amazingly we were at just the spot Larry wanted at the old Hawaiian Trail, which switch backs down into the crater - Larry described the burrows we