limited botanical scope in the area seen today. Only two bristly rats in the traps last night. Rus jacked unsuccessfully; one of the boys shot another P. hypomelanus. Twp mine drives examined by Lionel and Rus this afternoon yielded nothing. The boys, out searching for tree-dwelling Pogonomy, pounced upon a small brown Melomys on the ground in primary forest; seems a different species from any we have. Were visited this afternoon by Patrol Officer Harry Thomas and Medical Assistant Jock Davidson. They leave for Samarai in the morning on the "Hekaha", which has bad gear-box trouble, and will be escorted by the "lochiel". The Hekaha has a native skip- per named Tom. Monday Nov. 5: Very sultry bright morning, followed by heavy SE rain between noon and 12:30, and a heavily overcast and somewhat showery afternoon. Botanized past the hospital to the edge of the hill above the old wireless station plantation, bit finding nothing but second growths, I turned back and went approximately north to a small stream from which the hospital draws its water supply. This about 3/4 mile from camp. Collected 14 numbers-- all I can accomodate in the drying papers. Included were two fine big Hymenophyllaceae and two great Marratias from the sheltered ravine. The stream issues from a cave which they will be examined later for bats. Flushed three leaf-hanging small brown bats. They settled. I sent a boy back to camp, but before he returned the bats had gone. The single one I saw actually hanging was on the under side of a fig leaf no more than 9 inches longand four inches wide, about 25 feet above the ground. Four bristly bats in traps, including a gray one, smaller than the others, which might be a different species. Rus shot last evening a Fipistrellus and an Ascelliscus, the latter very small and possibly from the species taken on other islands. No results from jackling (a Pteropus shot by Rus but not retrieved). Lionel this morning examined several mine drives and other holes in the ground for bats. He found nothing. An old Goodenough native named Jack says he knows a big cave, handy to camp, full of bats. The "Hekaha" and the "Lochiel" left for Samarai at 6:45 this morning. Rus went to bed in mid-afternoon, nursing a chill. Tuesday Nov. 6: Some sum before mid-morning. Day generally overcast, hot and very muggy, Worked without a shirt in the afternoon. Wind, what there was ot, from the NW. Worked about 2 1/2 miles along the Dekoias track for very little. The forest very poor in species. A few big trees or lianas dropping flowers, but they, for the most part, could not be spotted for collecting. Day too dull; forest too tall. Rus much better after taking penicillin; did some work on mammals. An excellend day for this department. Kim the cook, who always has out a dozen to 20 traps, brought in the second Melomys for the island. The boys, shooting last night, got a Pheanger, two Dobsonia and Petaurus. Lionel shot at dusk the second specimen of the small bat hitherto reported as Pi istrellus. It is a sheath-tailed bat. Embellure. Today Lionel made a long excursion to a big cave which he saysis distant about 1 1/2 miles to the NW. He was guided by the old Goodenough boy Billy (not Jack). Brought back 30 to 40 small Dobsonia and Miniopterus. The cave goes in a long way (Lionel followed it for "about a mile") and is described as 70-80 feet high in places. Contained millions of bats; the most Lionel has ever seen. The roof was a golden glow with the eyes of Dobsonia, 12 of which were dropped with one s4l2 shot in the gamegetter. This cave is on a creek of fair size which flows past the old naval wireless station, and is not shown on the map (except dor its mouth). The cuscus is perhaps P. orientalis lullulae, a subspecies endemic on the island.