253 and the new moon promises improvement. Jul. 15th David, Charlie, and Hugo ventured up a nearby river in the canoa boat (the clough has been left at Samanai to be re- paired or re-duplicated). Ashore before 7 A.M. I walked inland about five miles. The terrain all along this coast is constituted most- ly of grass country with patches of secondary bush and small timber. None of the trees are huge and there are many species of hardy wood, two or three kinds of pines, ironwoods, a peculiar kind of gum tree not found elsewhere except on Rossel Is., nearby (the gum is gathered and exported); and many other trees that are not typical of New Guinea or the D'Entrecasteaux. Indeed, the whole flora impresses one as sig- nifying quite a decided change. One should ex- pect a concurrent variation in the avifauna. However, most of the birds shot to-day are common parts of species previously taken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and others. New additions include a brilliant blue-headed lory (iris pale yellow), a larger type of flat- head" so-called, a gray bird with a striped breast & belly. I shot a pygmy parrot which