shots fired at a small bat frequenting a small-leaved tree with acid white fruits common in the forest (Acronychia ?). Wed. May 2 A very slight shower in afternoon the only rain. Mist towards evening. also daylight (5 AM) but stars and moon shining through. Went up the slopea Pasinama to the end of the cut track at 305 m. (alt. in camp when I left 730 m.). Then cut to crest at 825 m. (later 840 m.). Stunted Nothofagus and other broad-leaved plants with Nepenthes. Dipteris conjugata, a great erect Gleichenia ceous fern found in 1933on Mt. Dayman and Goodenough Id., and protruding above it on the South slopes on open stand of Dacrydium stunted to 3-5 m. A filamentose red fungus (?) conspicuous on branchlets of the conifer. Clouds obscured distant views from the crest, but got a glimpse of the Bunama promontory. Mt. OBIA base 228 magnetic; a southerly peak appearing about equal in height was 140 . Sounds o an axe, probably in camp, 305 . North end of NUKATA Island 185 . The beach was a good find. Collected were several trees of the mosy forest unfamiliar to me. An abundance of slender scandent bamboo in forest generally of open canopy, probably as a result og damage by hurricane winds years ago. Rus followed the track in the afternoon and now traps are set up to the crest. Mammal signs (?) include up rooted yellow clay under moss-tented tree roots, and what looks like runways ... [illegible] into the wild fruited trees. Last night: 2 Nictimenes. Thursday May 3: Mist on and off a good part of day after 9 AM; some smart showers noon to 2 PM. Botanized down the track in the stunted, open, heavily mossed Dacrydium forest. The conifers only 30 ft. high at most; Myrmecodia and Hydrophytum (very stout species) its branches. A Colophyllum , in flower, was plentiful as a tree 5-6 in. tall. A Nothofagus there also; not seen in quantity, and seemingly different from the one found on top yesterday. Another Nepenthes there too, looking like N. mirabilis and having the mousy flower odor characteristic of that wide-ranging species. A leafless sedge (#25656), with green stems usual several metere long, a nuisance in this forest; a slender, tall, sharp-edged Selesia also. Climbed a Dacrydium at ca. 750 m. and made photos of Mt. Obia. Lionel took some bearings from camp. Ducjess Island 302 , Anne Inlet Island 242 magnetic. Saw the weekly PHY 2 in flight toward Samarai. Four bristly gray, short-tailed Rattus apparently different from the lowland species, caught in traps. Lionel's boy sent down the slopes to shoot for the pot, returned with one blue pigeon and an old male Paradisaea decora. The Paradise bird prepared as a skin by Rus. Friday May 4: Occasional clouds down in mountains from about 9 AM; showers, come heavy, about 11 to 4 o'clock. Clear, starry night. (8 PM). Had some trees below camp cleared today to give view of coast. Great expense including islands off Sewa Bay, West end of Fergusson, and all the peaks of Goode- nough. Lionel at dusk tried to signal two small vessels in sight; no response. Botanized in a small creek less than 1/4 mile on the steep slopes to the SW toward OBIA, Nice lot of fern including Vandenboschia, Leptopteris, and a second Cyathea for the locality. Two very interesting small rubiaceous trees, on with curiously enlarged calyx in fruit and long, frequent white flowers.