(141) took two red-bills and had a flying shot at a brown heron. The boy, had gone down the beach about a mile to a village where they found plenty of trails; they had a good bag including several doves and another bush kingfisher. I met some men from the commune working on a cause in the bush and enlightened them regarding the frog, snake, phalangyr, etc., market. The cursed engine in the obliging gentleman's boat would not start and we got back on board after seven. Put up about 40 gulls finishing about mid-night. With this unhandy position we cer- tainly cannot hope to get up over 2000 feet, a linear distance of 7 1/2 miles. We shall simply do our best to supplement the rather meagre Rendova series. Perhaps we shall enter Rendova Harbor again, if we cruise southward through the group once more, and have another camping fit. The only uncommon altitude stuff recorded are two miserable ? yellow-bib dove skins. The Long-tailed (black wings) pigeon was seen but not taken. The white-throated species doubtlessly is present. Our camping site seemed to embrace a rather barren area for such a large island; and then-the weather. The last two nights have been rain & squalls. I have positively heard the