of the expedition, and generally proving himself to be a gentleman of the highest cut and a credit to the Museum. Went up two-thirds of the way to the first camp today to an altitude of 600 feet. Got brown fantails a few hundred feet up, white-eyes all the way up, and an ashy-headed flycatcher at an altitude of about three hundred. Along the shore near the anchorage are three kinds of kingfishers, the large white-headed, the small white-eared, and the small brown-breasted. Also shrikes, ground doves, minors, black fantails, white-eyes, and a single white-headed hawk. In the cove and over the water are frigate birds and two kinds of tern, Bergii and grey-backed. Friday, October 14th. Took the same trail as yesterday to an altitude of about five hundred feet. Met Mr. Beck for the first time as he was coming down from camp with two of the boys. He had with him two thrushes, a green-winged ground dove, two small red parrots, a white-throated dove, a white-headed dove, and a large assortment of pigeons. Managed to get one small parrot, green with yellow splashes on his breast, a few fantails both brown and black, and some white-eyes. It was a poor day collecting on account of the rain. There has been a steady traffic on the trail for three weeks, and the birds are pretty well scared off. Saturday, October 15th. Mr. Beck went ashore in