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The hornbills are common, minors are common,
crows moderately common, graybirds moderately common,
and bald flycatchers likewise. The long tail is
absent altogether, the cockatoo is present and common,
as are the red cocoanut parrot, the paraquet, and
the large green parrot.
Beside the trails leading into the bush there
is a river emptying into the bay about a half mile
from the village, which has possibilities for col-
lecting although it is infested with mosquitoes.
After a few trips up it we decided to abandon it as
a means of working the back country, but it might
be of great help in seasons when the mosquitoes are
less vicious, if such a season exists. There are
good places for crows up the river, and good places
for shooting them. Here, I think, is the best place
for the small inky blue kingfisher, for although
the only place we took one was high in the bush, I
am practically sure I saw a pair in the distance on
the river at sunset.
I was much taken by a native called Woolsey here
in Moli. He proved to be a good friend and a helpful
companion in the bush. He brought me a bow and arrow,
helped me catch a large iguana that I wounded but
couldn't kill with my gun, and generally aided and
abetted the powers of the expedition.
This iguana measured four feet exactly from the
tip of the head to the tip of the tail. He was
quite ugly and vicious when wounded, and was first