(86) we found the ashy flycatcher with the red belly, differing so radically from the type found on the mainland. Consistently, we have taken this bird on outlying islands - not more than five miles away from a large island that supports a species of the ordinary bold flycatcher in one of its many intra-island variations. This has always puzzled me. The mainland type is not present. I shot a small hawk similar in plumage to the great eagle hawk and David one of the blue-tacked hawks. Pororan village is under the Marist ecclesiastical See. The natives are well-built and live in two villages at the norther extremity. Father Wade has taught them to make cane chairs and tables so that the interiors of the houses give the appearance of mod- ern beach-bungalows. They are built in long lines, raised on short piles and with one connecting porch covered by adjoining roofs. The houses are divided into rooms. The village has extensive coconut groves and does much fishing. We purchased a lot of fine fish. Shillings were the only thing accepted. I got some photographs of the village & the residents. Also took the church interior and the Mission Station over on Buika. April 8-9 Attended Easter service in Father Wade's church on Pororan. David & Fraser accompanied me. I was given a sepa- rate little seat on the chancel where I could appreciate everything. The ritual was strictly correct but a dozen cute monkeys as altar-boys in uniform lava-lavas. In performing mass Father Wade had three well-trained acolytes. Over a hun- dred took communion; on the whole they seemed to take it seriously although how much of it is 'imitative' & not under- stood I cannot say. They certainly do not understand