(71) of ammunition and a relative scarcity of birds as compared with the Kupei vicinity.Since the two native hunters were well-trained by this time we allowed them to do most of the shooting.And they turned in some very good material;Tutepe contributed the only specimen of the"pitta"or ground- thrush to the collection.Their knowledge of their fauna and its habits is unfailing.When questioned they do exagerate but it is always in the right direction.For instance- if it is the starling,"plenty too much he stop"; the thrush or redbreast,"too much";the crested-pigeon or"pitta","plenty". Habitual overstatement which you simply allow for.In discussing the"yellow- legged ground pigeon,Wagga informed me through an interpreter that,"he stop along mountain- no got plenty".One of the aux tubes busted during the first week(it was made in the engine-room of the Mataram);and my gun went crook in the right-hand barrel about the same time.So we had more workmen than tools.However G.R.,and I went out for a short excursion every day.Collectors were always in the field,the monkeys with the insect nets,and we always had birds to skin.The favorable weather continued into a lovely new moon and we garnered II7 birds by February IO.In the sidelines- no mammals except two Pacific rats brought down from Kupei.They went into solution.Some of the stuff in pickle did not look to be keeping very well,undoubtedly because we did not have the mixture laced with sufficient formalin.The gallon of methylated spirits that came up from Ebery & Walsh was much-needed.It oc- cured to me that in such a pinch one might distill alcohol by using the fermentations of fruits like pawpaw and bananas and running a bamboo pipe through one of these cold mountain streams from an improvised condenser. This department was augmented by about a hundred frogs- one very large, probably the guppyi;snakes- IO,lizards and geckos- IO,and one centipede; land snails- 500,fresh-water snails- I50,and insects- 350 specimens.Many of these differed from the Kupei collection.Twenty-nine species of birds are represented from the Kaino station.Of these,possibly four or five can be considered rare- the white-footed kingfisher,owl,pigmy parrot,yellow- headed parrot,and the cuckoo.Several series begun at Kupei were increased in number by specimens taken at Kaino,particularly the graybirds.Of the small birds well-represented in this lower area,the white-eye leads,travel- lng about in little flocks among the branches of the bushes and the smaller tree-tops.With song and dance.The common black and white flycatcher is in prominent evidence with no apparent variation.The most interesting thing about the flycatchers is just that.They seem to make a merry business of preserving mankind from annihilation by the insect kingdom- chirping and whistling away as they nab their prey.I believe they can actually stalk the bugs;they keep their heads so low and look so alert.Both the brown and black fantail are present,the former more plentiful.At Kupei the order was reversed.The blackhead is fairly scarce.Their call is so much like that of the red-bellied flycatcher that it fools even my excellent ear.Several in the youthful,brown plumage have been taken.One of these up in atree looks just like a flycatcher.The divergence in call lies in the chirping sound that follows the liquid whistle that both practice- the flycatcher(XXX) (red-bellied and white & black)sort of chatters while th blackhead,being more of a purist,clearly chirps.The two are alike in habits,toe.The blackhead is found in the same kind of woods and will take an insect anytime.More yellow thickheads were added also,chiefly males.They are not so ubiquitous as their mountain brethren,who have a smaller stamping ground.Now there remains the long-tailed swift,rusty-winged blackbird,and mina before I discuss the aristocratic kingfishers and the obstreperous parrot family,and the rest,which includes the shore birds.