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Keglsugl-Goroka
Pogonornelomys 28, Hydromys 1, Macruromys 1. Marsupials included: Eudromicia
28 specimens, Petaurus tafa 18, Peroryctes 22, Antechinus wilhelminae? 47,
Antechinus sp. 1. Bats included: Pipistrellus, Nyctophilus 6 specimens,
Syconycteris sp., Miniopterus sp. The herps collection from the mountain
numbered 775; lizards (c. 4 spp.) 142, frogs 633 (c. 8-10 spp.). There were
20 species of rodents, 11 of marsupials, 4 of bats. The mammal collection from
the top camp included nothing which was not afterwards taken from the #2 camp.
Sunday, August 2. The fine SEweather of the past 3 or 4 days continues.
Mornings and evenings in Goroka the air becomes quite cool.
I got a touch of sunburn yesterday. Temperature now (5:40 p.m.) is 68 F.
Some of the morning spent watching the local polocrosse team at
practice at the police training depot, North Goroka. Correspondence the rest
of the day. We plan to leave for Kotuni, south slopes of Mt. Otto, Tuesday
morning.