seeing a thrush or a redbreast. But he brought in some very valuable birds, including a number of thickheads, warblers, and dun-colored fantails. Enough to keep us all busy skinning for a morning. The septic poisoning has settled most emphatically on my own legs and feet. I attribute it to an original infection set up by wearing shoes that were too small for me. Shoes, I have found, are scarce in the Territory of New Guinea, and proper sizes are not to be had this side of the stores on New Ireland. We have found the American sneaker or the Australian ked the most desirable when they can be obtained. The poisoning, which is similar to one I underwent two months ago on the ship, seems to particularly involve the lymph glandular sys- tem. The lymph glands, true also of Hamlin's case some time ago, become swollen at the base of the limb subject to infection. With this turn of events added to Dr. Drowne being slightly ill the prospects of keeping up our record of birds for the two months is diminishing. Hamlin's lot tonight makes a total of one hundred and seventy-six birds for the week. Our barter and trade with the natives maintains its flourishing estate. A small basket of taro nets them one stick of tobacco, two baskets of taro and two bas- kets of cocoanut pudding a fathom of calico, two small paw paws and one large paw paw each a stick of tobacco, a large bunch of bananas two sticks of tobacco, ten arrows a fathom of calico, a spear a fathom of calico,