265 no large parrots. The blue "koon" Sol. Is. pigeon and the brown fantail occur as old friends. Everyone in the field to-day got a thorough soaking, which with the wind made it unpleasant. Rossel Is. is the smallest of the three main islands of the Louisiades - 20 miles EX W and 10 (ap) miles NX S. Its terrain is quite different from the rest of the group, supporting no grassland; the interior is rocky, well-drained, and densely wooded - more like the islands of the Solomons than any I have yet seen in this territory. The flora strikes one at once when coming here from Sudest. Orchids and other flowers are said to grow here that grow nowhere else. The fauna should follow suit. M. Eichorn collected here over 12 years ago, putting in about 6 weeks during the fair-weather SE season. From camp he collected up to the 2700 foot summit. I am not prepared to make a camp here during such beastly weather. Simply try to get as high as possible and down again from the ship. Feb. 26- Four hunters ashore at 7 and back at 3 P.M. after another terrible day of wind and rain. Plenty of birds, however - Ulua, the Solomon key, is