all day was solid forest both sides of the deep ravine from which the Taiping River flows. Near the road a few acres of clearing & an occasional hut was to met. Insect pest such as biting flies were quite absent & the climate was not apparently hot. 6 The night was cool & a rain shower of considerable duration met the road & flooded the streams. The Taiping was filled by a muddy gray brown flood from bank to bank. Many beams & pretty waterfalls were seen yesterday from the road & today Drames falling like silver sheaves very tall across the valley: The birds seen in the forest are quite new to us. This morning I saw the long white tailed paradise flycatcher & a rufous- tailed blackbird (Chloropsis flavescens)