251 We anchored in the lee of Abagagaheia Is at 6:30 P.M. This one is typical - a few cocoons and low scrub near the shore and the main area bald knobs and ridges of grass. The northern shores of some of the Cabrados Is- lands are reported inhabited in the sailing directions. Feb, 14th I landed for a short reconnaissance at 6:30 to see whether the island might be worth spending some time over. It proved desolate of anything beyond the ordinary in bird life. The sheu honey-sucker (female yellow & gray), white cockatoos, parrots, crows, and a hawk were the only land birds encountered. I took a young golden plaver. The dark-thrust reef heron also pre- sent. I returned about 8 o'clock. All these isles of the Cabrados Chain I believe to be unworthy of attention. Some few are densely wooded and may support enough endemic flora to harbor a variety of fruit and seed-eaters. But considering the time we have to put in among the Seychelles, it is the big land areas that should yield us returns of any interest. The Chain is somewhat like the numerous small islands in and about the Marovo Lagoon along