(70) were in luxuriant plumage.I recall I was coming down the mountain after a laborious day on the other side along a trail of sloshy mud when I heard this weird cry something reminiscent of loons on a Maine lake.I plunged in to the surrounding bamboo thicket all ears(the eyes followed in the per- son of Wagga, the official spotter & retriever).He found it after consider- able jockeying around a big tree,sitting on an upper limb.It refused to come down after being shot so Wagga with about as much effort as it takes to describe the action climbed up about 80 feet to shake the prize loose. He knew all the birds,their habits,and comparative numbers;the difficulty was that he could not savvy pidgin.The remains of a small rodent and other indistinguishable material were found in its stomach.The three re- maining species have been taken before in the Solomons;these showed no obvious variation except that the white-headed fisher seemed to have more white on its breast and shoulders than usual.The blue-beaked and the striped are often to be found close to native gardens where they can sit quietly with a good eyew out for prey.On several nights we heard night- hawks calling but failed to get a look at one. Bougainville is represented by three different kinds of gray- birds-the yellow-eyed(with striped belly), the black-breasted,and the ordi- inary- just plain"graybird".In the last-named the female and young male have a rich light brown plumage that is entirely unlike the mature male. The black-brested species is rather rare;of the of the other two we have a good representation,and,as usual,more males than females.All inhabit the same terrain- from the shore to 3000 feet,being more in evidence around 2500.Most of them were taken on the tracks near the camp.They evidence similarity in their habits by preference for one type of tree- anything having thin foliage,and especially one that looks like an iron-wood.When- ever we see a tree of this description we look for a graybird sitting quietly somewhere.Apparently the dove family is not on amicable terms with them.I have often watched a dove chase a graybird off a limb selected for its own comfort.The call is uniformly a two-note screech something like the mina in one of its variations;for this reason it is hard to remember. As far as I can recall the three species are alike in this respect.They are seed and fruit-eaters principally and fond of the small,green berry clusters that attract the long-tailed dove.Stomachs have also shown large insects.The black-bellied graybird we did not distinguish as a separate species,thinking it a novel plumage of the ordinary type.When both sexes were found to show parallel differences from the"graybird"we marked it as another species.The females of all three have richer plumages than the males;and most handsome is the female of the usual"gray"species. The entire series should present interesting,slight plumage variations among the in- dividual specimens.The gray-backed shrike,the butcher of the family is present in good numbers up to 3000 feet.The majority favor the lowland near the salt-water and the river estuaries.It is a voracious eater and appears to be always in quest of food.The call is not unlike the graybird's chorus- a raucous whistle without variations. On February 2 we broke camp and moved down to Kaino at village of about I400 feet elevation.For the next two days the Doctor experienced another dose of gastric malaria,which caused anxiety and delay.On the 4th I had a very slight attack which responded to quinine immediately.G.R., took his share in a couple of small editions at Kupei.Undoubtedly this business was contracted at Arawa where the anopheles maintain considerable operation.Camp was set up in the government rest house and made comfortable by evening.Our stay here was originally planned for ten days or two weeks; but we cut it down to eight days for numerous reasons,principally shortage