(178) larger and has a dash of white skin showing just be- hind the eye. Otherwise it is quite plain. The other a thickhead; this old friend is in a drab gray- brown plumage, quite uniform throughout. The bird I call "flat-head" in my field-book is a fruit-eater, not stomachs revealing small berries. The ground dove also favors these; the stuff grows in low trees close to the shore as a rule. The bill and feet of the mature bird are black; grayish in the young bird. It's quite tender to skin--like a gray bird. This morning (The 6th) we moved the ship around close to Kawatari, the main pose here, as possible and four of us landed. The immediate terrain is com- pletely mangroves and broken coral. We followed a path that took us eventually to the Mission outfit and the govt. station. Tracks here lead into the bush. I sent the boys out while I went to call on the A. R.M. (Assistant Resident Magistrate, although there are many more appropriate terms that fit the initials). He said, "Have you bought your permits (note the 's') to collect birds? You can't start shooting here until I see them." Hereafter I returned to the ship in a most humorous perplexity. Rogerson at Woodlark did not pull this gag; this gent did not seem to tumble to the fact that I had been shooting on Kitara and Kailuma Is., for days, for I told