(344) 245 Aravo, the cook, has joined the sick list with fever and a cough. I got up in the afternoon and took some food. Some of the locals brought along fresh vegetables and fruit to trade. No collecting done yet on account of sickness and bad weather. Overcast all day and strong NW wind. March 23 (Sunday) Captain still down. I went ashore with my gun but saw very few birds and nothing unusual. I find myself weakened from the fever bout and so returned on board the ship having collected some land shells. Mino dumontii, Domicella, Trichoglossus haematodus, and Rhipidura tricolor melaleuca were the only species I noted. Ulawa reaches an elevation of approx. 1300 feet and is basically volcanic. Coraline limestone is common around the sea-coast. It is densely wooded and there are no trails up to the high land from our anchorage. Three villages are near at hand but their gardens are near the sea and they do not have much occasion to go very far inland. Ulawa Is., is not more than eight miles in length and from four to six in breadth with rather regular shape. From the NW side the natives have made trails up the mountain on top of which there are reported monolithic remains of interest. I shall not be able to visit them. No bird specimens collected. Overcast weather continues with NW wind. March 24 Captain still sick; and another sailor, which puts three in disability. I am better and spent the day ashore where I observed more birds than I did yesterday but only shot one Nycticorax. Small birds are not represented here at all. I had several normally intelligent natives about me to-day and I brought them aboard to see the Malaita specimens. They could not recognize any of the flycatchers, fantails, honeysuckers, or kingfishers one would expect to find on an island of this size. In addition to species noted yesterday I can add the following: Halcyon albicilla saurophag., Cinyris jugularis, Loris pectoralis, Demiegretta sacra, Edolisoma schisticeps (common graybird), Aplonis cantoroides and Ap. metallica; Graucalus papuensis, Haliaster indu, Aquila, Ptilinopus superbus (red-breast dove), and the two species of Ducula "Pseudeos" (red coconut parrot) I did not collect any of these widely-distributed species even for the locality. Heavy weather continues; rain squalls and wind from the NW. March 25 Three hunters ashore all day despite stormy weather. They returned a few common parrots which are of no interest. Several species of land shells have been collected in good series. I have put up very few specimens and shall leave for the mainland as soon as the weather turns favorable. We cannot visit the Three Sisters. Of these there is only one small island not completely planted with coconuts and this one is some few miles away from the only anchorage. The captain does not want to take the ship there; probably because it would make a little more work for him. He does as little as possible and has never shown any interest toward assisting the expedition. Stormy NW weather throughout day and night. March 26 Captain recovered from his fever, we made the ship ready for sea and marked all the stones in the entrance to this little harbor with bouys. Got under weigh by II:30 A.M. with three kedge anchors and the motor. Cleared the passage and anchored offshore in heavy swell, the captain being unwilling to proceed until to-morrow morning which will get us to Maramasike (South or "Small" Malaita) in good light. I am due at Ulimburi to connect with the camping party on April 1st.