(151) The bird ran across my path and I had about 20 minutes of rambling before I got the shot; unfortunately this took most of the feathers off its back. There were three kinds of small birds found about this grassy section, which is quite indigenous to the landscape - an olive bird - something resembling the Rennell Is. species, and a honey-sucker - unusually short-billed; and two tiny birds - one with a perky tail, which I called a pew and a brown and white chap with a large, blunt bill - like the American grosbeak, or a finch. All the other species were found in the brush, except kingfishers, which came from the plantation area or near the shore. All the stomachs I thought to examine revealed insects. I saw numerous species - not taken - are a large kingfisher - almost like the laughing jack-ass. The crow was a fruit-eater - and the parrot. Lack of time because of other occupations concerning our future make the result, primarily "filling-in". From Sept 28th to Oct. 5th I was waiting for cash from New York and was held up, in addition, by the government of Papua. I applied for permission to use the three boys as assistants due to a law I was told existed, the explanation I leave to someone of greater