(29) has been taken in the islands.Hicks found a nearly fully devel oped embryo of a phalanger lying in the trail which may prove of interest.The Doctor has taken a host of land-snails from Ganonga as wellas from other islands.Insects we pick up whenever we can. Mr.Beck is a good hand at picking them up.To-night four more phalangers came aboard as well as a number of frogs and another snake.Of the possums Mr.Beck tried to keep two alive from the last batch without success;the Doctor thinks they died from con- cussion having been thrown down the hold with their feet tied. Two of the new lot,very young,were put in a cage and ought to stay in good health. Native names for fauna on Ganonga I.(probably New Geor- gia dialect): red-knobbed pigeon - koora-borra gray " koora-kau long-tailed dove - sakondali long-tail - mau ground-dove - buti bald fly-catcher - sec.sec unbangra blackbird - ninduko white-eye - nala med.sized kingf'er - pipi red-billed " shinga pigmy parrot - kori korioriga thickhead - wekto watto megapode - kao possum - gondoil flying fox - lau frog - bakarau big snake - kuto small snake - ungakoru October 25 G.R.and I reached the top by steady climbing by noon. I took care to cut a trail where the right going is dubious near the top.Heavy rain harrassed our collecting but I managed to get one yellow-bib dove,cherished by Mr.Beck,and a brown fan-tail. This dove is found only at altitudes above 2000 feet according to Mr.Beck.The ground dove,long-tailed dove,and both the red- knobbed and gray pigeon are found everywhere there are nygali nut trees,which means practically the entire island.We have found whole nuts of the nygali in the crows of pigeons;it is quite a bit of chemistry for their stomachs to digest the shell of the nut since it takes at least two hard blows with a large rock or hammer to crack one.The meris prepare them with great skill and regularity using two blows to each nut.The nut is placed side- ways on a flat rock for the first blow and one end for the sec- ond;then the nut is taken out intact within its fine inner skin. Thickheads are found here only above 1000 feet.(According to the aneroid the topmost altitude registers 2550 feet).White-eyes and blackheads,the latter being scarce here,seem to be more plenti- ful the higher one goes although they may be collected anytime along the shore.The coup de grace scored when I shot the yellow- bib came to speedy retribution the further I proceeded down the mountain.I found myself very badly lost with nothing positive ex- cept the direction of the France by my pocket compass.So down I came as before with the drainage,almost a part of it I should say, crashing through the bush and tumbling down creek bottoms.I was soon well bruised by the rocks and lacerated by thickets of bram- bles.One in particular known as"the lawyer vine"is the most devil- ish botanical device for annoying mankind.It grows up from the ground in long,green stalks about 2inch thick and covered with