(165) honeysuckers, mostly the shiny kind. A half dozen crows, two white-eared kingfishers - a white pigeon; these pigeons are seen continually around the mangroves. They sit near the marge or in high trees right on the shore and being very wary are hard to get. Truly a beautiful bird - dark V.D. brown iris and a dark green bill, lightening to a yellow- ish-green at the tip. The crow, true to form, is very readily called up. A half-caste of long residence here visited us to-day. He recalls that butterfly collectors had been to Woodlark, but no one on birds. Oct 20- Four collectors over to Mapas Is., with George, the half-caste. He separated and traversed the island from S to N. It is 3 miles long and a mile wide, fringed with man- groves. He found starlings about the native gardens. This is invariably their habitat. David took a broad-billed huetbird and in all we shot six "Nikoba" ground pigeons, the irides- whitish gray. Two of the white pigeons were taken amongst the mangroves. Saw one ground dove. This makes the second; I hope to shoot some around Guasopa. Golden Plover and the little sand-piper are common. Two frigate birds, probably the lesser species, were taken on the way back to the ship. The half-caste is mission-educated and quite intel- ligent and conversant with most of the fauna. He doe