158 Other species were Thickhead, flycatcher, and white-eye; kingfisher and fan-tail are present. I missed a ground dove, dammit. The megapode does not occur here. The old native reports a long-legged bush bird - I think a heron. We saw the usual reef species along the shore. None of these islands support parrots or cockatoos, as far as we have ascertained. Returning to the ship I found that Teora had returned with fever at 2 o'clock. David, Philip, and I finished the birds by 11:30. Oct. 13 With most hands sick and a precarious run necessary to make Woodlark I decided to set out for our destination immediately. Rain threat- ening. I want to make Woodlark, if possible, be- fore Sunday to give all hands a rest. Illness is always a cursed handicap. So - we ho've up at 8 A.M. and made sail N by W. Passed through sev- eral squalls and made the entrance to the deep-water passage for Kulamadan (govt station) at noon. It is necessary to go to this place because the opera bouffe of a government for Papua make everybody take a clearance wherever they go - except yachts, and our registration to this effect is not valid because we are not a member of any