thickheads, or little kingfishers on Fauro. The only doves seen or taken were the red-capped common dove and the brown ground dove. Reports from the natives of a long-tailed red-headed pigeon went unverified. Minors, starlings, shrikes, cockatoos, and parrots were present as in the Kariki district. Monday, December 5th to Wednesday, December 7th. Mono, or Treasury Island. Early Monday morning we weighed anchor from Kalia and with a fine fair breeze over the port quarter set sail for Treasury Island. After an all day's trip we anchored off the part of the only village of that island known as Geesu, the other two sections, bearing somewhat further on along the shore, being known as Nazareth and Canaan respectively. Late as it was there was light from an almost full moon and the natives came out to greet us immediately. The canoes in this part of the Solomons are all outrigger canoes, that is, canoes built of the same school of naval design as the other canoes of the Group, but having the addition of a wooden pontoon which is held out abeam of the main body, is fastened with short poles, and bound with considerable skill with the native rope. These canoes can be propelled with incredible speed and some of the large ones, supporting as many as thirty men, present an impressive spectacle when these same are working well together. The population of Treasury Island boasts of only