no birds. There were, of course, the common birds that we have seen and expected everywhere, in small numbers all the way along the rivers in the tops of the trees, but as soon as the bush was arrived at and all of us expected to run into some of the bush birds that we had found at Moli, we were rewarded by a grave-like silence. This works out in accord with the theory that Dr. Drowne has expounded in rela- tion to bird collecting in and near the area of plantations. It has always been his experience that the near presence of a thickly planted country is invariably accompanied by a scarcity of all birds except parrots, honey-suckers, white-eyes, and sea birds. Our stay in Choiseul Bay from the collecting standpoint was a rank failure, and I certainly recom- ment all other collectors that might try it to give it a wide berth. In small numbers we added to our series of very common bush birds that we had already found at Moli, and that I have already described in the brief of the birds there. The only noteworthy event was the finding of the yellow-throated medium sized parrot, showing here a black bill, near the co- coanuts of that part of the plantation which lies up the river. The quest for the crested pigeon proved as fruitless here as it had at Moli, and none of the very small inky blue kingfishers were either seen or taken. A flock of curlews were seen in the trees (perching) in the trees at the mouth of the smaller river