(114) Yalta Point. Here I sighted some migrating birds and lowered the small boat. There were terns and shearwaters, as previously encountered. This saw two of the common gannets and two black storm petrels (evidently Wilson's). Due mostly to the heavy swell running my shooting was very bad; but I got one shearwater that I cannot identify - white breast, graying at the throat, black feet with pink dots and pinkish legs. Anyway I tried hard enough and gained some much needed ex- perience in this branch of collecting. As soon as I had landed we steamed for Rendova Harbor and just got inside at dark through a blinding squall of rain, and dropped the pick in 17 fathoms. May 19 - Shifted at dawn to a point between Tanburls I., and the mainland. Hicks, David, and I landed immediately. Ren- dova is 21 miles at its greatest length but the most of this is taken up by the peninsular running south; the body of the Island is 8 miles in diameter and several peaks exceed 3000 feet elevation. Wweli peak is a former volcanic crater. We found no trails and simply followed drainage; the high land is certainly too far from the ship in its present situation to reach in a day. The birds are recognized as the familiar Solomon Island types - the tailed flycatcher, common flycatcher, black and brown fantails, the