(62) Without native help we should have been about one half as efficient. Dr.D acts as director of the whole enterprize remaining in camp all the time.His particular function is the most important of all.He makes up most of the skins;G.R.,and I do most of the skin- ning on our alternate days at the bench.This system has proven most successful.The Doc and I put up nearly fifty birds of various kinds from warblers and midgets to pigeons and crows.The average bag from the upper region is about 20-25 specimens.Rain and fog have hampered the work considerably but we have been unusually fortunate for this time of year.The rainfall for last January in Kieta was 36";we have not has a sixth of that amount.The register shows more average rain fall for Jan.,and Feb.,than any other part of the year. After breakfast the hunter is off and the two native col- lectors assemble their respective gangs and set out with a dozen shells apiece until lunchtime.They only have one aux tube between them since one of the three originally brought was broken the first week.By noon they usually have a dozen birds between them;after lunch one or both again go out returning by sundown with ten or more.And they know enough to look for good stuff.Accordingly there have been plenty of birds to put up with the burden of proof depending chiefly on the Doc who gets no change from the bench.In addition to this he writes all the labels,keeps the field book,and buys material in all phylums of natural science from natives.Salt,tobacco,calico,and shillings(occasion- ally)are paid for good specimens of land snails,insects of any kind, butterflies,beetles,centipedes-phalangers,rats,iguanas,lizards,snakes, frogs, and what have you. All this stuff is extra curriculum and bought at a ridiculous price.A stick of tobacco buys four frogs,or twenty snails, or a leaf-ful of beetles,or one rat; one bob was paid for a large phal- anger from Kokeri,a village on the other side of the mountain.They even cought prawns and freh water eels.A two mark inducement was offered for the big bush rat.Small cave bats,fruit bats ,and flying foxes have been purchased in like manner.The series of the small swift was sporadically collected by the natives in caves where they sleep at night.Since these are very difficult to get on the wing it saved us many #IO shells.Add to this the fruit and vegetable barter which brings us taro,kau-kau,coco- nut pudding,tapioca(manioc),bananas,pumpkin,beans,and paw-paws,and the part played by the general manager is no small one.The trade in arrows, spears,mats,baskets,and native paraphenalia has been booming all the way from Kupei to Siwoi on the other coast.The Doc has also watched the status of our supplies and with help from us has made up lists to send down to Messrs.Ebery & Walsh;boxes of birds go down to Mr.Esson's house where he lays out the skins in drawers with moth balls,and the order returns from the store by the same runner and his few carriers.We have lived like kings as far as food is concerned. By winning over the natives who held themselves in abeyance at first,the cycle of cooperation is complete,and with their remarkable as- sistance both in the maintenance of the camp(they gather wood,chop,wash, and police the front yard,in addition to bringing native food,insects, snails,bats,etc.),and in the collecting of birds,I think we are as nearly efficient as such a party could be.Our collecting supplies have been sad- ly inadequate- only ten sheets of wrapping cotton(enough for approx.500 skins);ammunition- we are short of the Ajax U S #IO,the most dependable sh shell we use;of preservative we have we have only one pint of formaldehyde to keep the horde of interesting stuff brought in.It was all there was on board the France at the time of our departure.We were able to secure