away specimens, although most of the "Bird Party" stayed ashore. Thursday, April 3, 1924. Changeable winds and squalls and the absence of the mate, who went ashore without permission, during the night made me late in getting ashore in the morning. After considerable parlie, because of misunderstanding of village rules by those sleeping ashore, we got a canoe and paddled across the lagoon to Palea Island, accompanied by Capt. Uikilifi and a policeman to see to our wants and also that we broke no more rules. A few flat reefs and coral hoads in lagoon, approximately as indicated on the chart. More near shore on E. side, with very clear water and a beautiful coral formation - sheer walls, jagged and overhanging platforms, deep caves. Very few fish and no sharks visible. Landed on Palea which supports a large clump of Buka trees, nesting place for frigate birds. Beneath a dense undergrowth of maile and birds-nests ferns, with numerous insects:- several spp. of brown and gray moths, spiders, large sarcophagid, numerous day mosquitoes (A. acutellaris) and quantities of green- ish-gray lizards. East end more open with coconuts, Pandanus, (fala) Scaevola, Tournefortia, Puapua, purple Boerhaavia, dodder, beach runner, Ipomeoa vine. Tournefortia moths seem different, larger, and caterpillars not so light or hairy. Across a hundred yard channel to Fenuatapu, which is small, and another (n) narrow channel to Matagi. Roll 34:2 Looking back W.S.W. across channel toward Palea. Here one enters a broad rather luxuriant area of open coconuts and a narrow strip of native trees, those previously mentioned plus the small Ficus - mati a tall shrubby herb with little edible, puff-ball-like nodes, - nasevau, kou - called kanava, and Pukavaka, tall trees with sub cordate leaves and puffy fruit (good for pigeons) with a hard black seed. Fau (fiber plant). Lagoon