(175) ...tologist would understand it - apparently, the wind- pipè divides just where it enters the upper dia- phragm, one branch entering the body beside the gullet and another branch convolving itself double around the outside of the ventral frame just under the skin. Upon examination other specimens of the same bird, both male and female lacked this peculiar development. One was apparently commencing, the wind-pipe having a slightly curled elongation around the region of the lower neck. The sexual organs, in all cases, were mixed - both large and small. The relative ages of the specimens were undoubtedly differ- ent. The bird is a crow, I think - a fruit-eater, known to the natives as "buli-buli." It is quite com- mon. Both the leatherneck and the large magpie or jackdaw are present, also the black "spread-tail." These three species, I believe, are omnivorous, their sto- machs showing both insects and vegetable matter. Teora brought in a fine night-hawk of a large species; its stomach showed insects and a quantity of brownish mat- ter - indicating omnivorous feeding capacity again. I returned to-day at noon with a fever. Nov 2nd. Teora, David, and Charlie ashore at 7. I am very ill and miserable - mentally depressed. The boys,