(25) The best hunting proved to be on top of the ridge that we had to follow to reach the lake.Here we found a new species of white-eye,yellow bill and yellow and white breast which is close to the Gizo variety,bald fly-catchers of new appearance; also the striped gray-bird,and honey-suckers,black with red on the tail;the long-tail shows an occasional light feather in its tail.We saw few pigeons or doves except the red-knobbed and gray;the Doctor spotted a couple of white-headed doves on the wing.Bothe he and Hicks picked up a snake apiece,both new and one poisonous according to the demonstration given by the native.He indicated that venom from its fang made