(142) quick succession. In addition to the usual run of fly-catchers, white-eyes, muras, starlings, etc., the others had three bush king- fishers. The addition to this species in the last two days gives us a decent series - the only one of the rarer birds from the island. A number of pigmy parrots have also come in. Charlie get the brown bush heron. The starlings proved to simulate the usual red-eye species; so that the one I remarked on in my notes on the camping trip at Rendore Harbor in May (or June) must have been a young one or else an unusual product of albinism or something - white iris and minor dif- fierences. The boys of the village came through splendidly with five phalangors, several snakes, and two of the guppy frogs - one, the largest I have yet seen. They took calico, tobacco, and butcher knives. I myself secured four snakes to-day - two of them (brown & white - white iris) in a garden shack. The natives say this type is always present in the rafters of their houses. Teora also killed a couple. Mr. Gillen-Brown's assistant spent the night on board preparatory to an early start in the morning on a trading trip. Rain most of the night. We have been very thankful for the last two clear days. August 11th Hove up at 8 when it looked like rain for a consid- erable period and proceeded out of Rendore Cove to Mr. Brown's place. He loaded us up with fresh fruit and unimport- ant reading matter. Yesterday the captain purchased 14 eggs and 2 fowls for 14 sticks of tobacco. We left the Luzon state us across Blanche Channel past the whole length of Tetipari which gives us smooth water to run in and 16 miles to windward when we stopped the machine off the Hele Is., setting all sail for a dead beat to the Russell Group. August 12th (Sunday) At sea - beating to best advantage. Saw a few black shearwaters, but too rough to lower the small boat.