1927 (34) November 2 Ashore by 8 with the Doctor and G.R.Collected until 3 o'- clock,taking a dozen birds- white-eyes,bald fly-catchers,blackheaded flycatchers(white breast and reddish inside the mouth),and yellow honeysuckers.The white-eye here varies from the species found on Ku- lambangra,Vella Lavella,and Ganonga;the white-eye is not present on Narovo,nor is the white cockatoo,the latter also lacking on Ganonga. I mistook the black-headed flycatcher for the blackhead.The red on the inside of the mouth is not found on the same bird taken in the eastern Solomons.Finished skinning before supper and later enter- tained B P's Gizo staff and Mr.Griffiths,manager of Lever's planta- tion at Loga(Shelter I.).Gizo I.,is 7 miles long extending NW & SE and not over 3 miles wide at any point.The average altitude does not exceed 500 feet and the drainage is poor,mangrove swamps abounding. The interior is more densely wooded than is usual.Numerous small islets and barrier reffs lie to the SE of the anchorage making nav- igation very difficult.Two of the largest are Long I.,and Latitude I. Gizo is about midway between Kulambangra and Ganonga. November 3 Finished with stores by noon.The Doctor collected one gol- den plover and a turnstone in young plumage along the coral-reefed shore,disappointed in not finding yellow-legs as he thought he saw some yesterday.Weighed anchor and stood out on a SW by W course for Bagga I.,and the W side of Vella Lavella.Rain squalls and variable winds all afternoon.Caught one fine fish for evening kaikai.Passed Vic Pohlson of Narovo in a heavy rain and slipped him a tin of ben- zine.The France under power made Kumbakota anchorage,our former stamp- ing ground,by 6:30 where the sky cleared and the moon shone upon the rolling vessel in a sheen of mellow gold.Even Mr.Beck remained up on the quarter until after 11. November 4 Made Bagga I.,under sail with a stiff NW breeze by 1l A.M., dropping anchor off Binskin I.,the only charted anchorage on the is- land.Mr.Chaperlan operates a plantation on shares with Mr.Binskin,the owner of all Bagga.The wife and child of the latter were murdered by natives in 1909 while the master was off on a recruiting trip.Bagga I. lies 4 miles west of Vella Lavella at Lat.8-45 S.,and is 5 miles long N & S and approximately the same in the opposite measurement.The is- land is uninhabited by natives.The coastline is not shown on the chart but proves to be very irregular,fringed with reefs.Renard I.,lies a mile and a half to the north of Bagga and is not over 21/2 miles long; Fairway I.,a very small islet is just east of Bagga 1/2 mile at the en- trance to the Birskin passage.The highest point of the ridge that runs generally N & S on Bagga reaches approximately 600 feet.Extensive man- grove swamps skirt the shore about the anchorage.It was in the swamp that the Doctor and I hunted during the afternoon;G.R.,was also out. We collected over 20 birds.I shot 4 bald flycatchers,2 white-eyes,and a red-breasted dove.Other birds taken were the red-backed honeysucker, which proved to be darker on back and head than other species repre- sented;the white-eye compares with the type found on Vella Lavella, light yellow bill and yellow feet;the blackhead does not show the usu- al white ear-patch.Wag-tails,Bergi terns,and the bright mottled blue- headed kingfisher were taken,G.R.,and the Doctor each getting one.We did not take any blackheads on Vella Lavella during our short stay,but Mr Beck expects they will be similar due to its proximity.Other birds heard here are the common parrot and paroquet,long-tail,red-knobbed