April 13th. A light shower 6-7 AM, then bright most of the day. Rain began evening 7 PM and into night. Down to main river. Water has fallen and sandbars exposed. Several species there I had not seen before.. Stilt 1 Notophozs picta 6-8 (flock) Charadrina dubius (yg?) 2 Egretta albe 1 Wary. Egretta garzetta 2-3 Tringa hypoleuca. 2-3 Sea Eagle On wa y back saw 3 lhis (threalkionin) circling high over lagoon and going higher. croc. Shot a 15-20 wixx. from garden 2 PM. Head and part of back showing, 200 yds. Held on it--hit first shot. Turned partly over and dived with splash. Came up 300 yds, head only. Very close to it with second shot but missed. Went down quietly, came up 400 yards, shot below. In PM up stream south of camp. Many-20-Chaetinae novaeguinea feeding low over second growth. At dark, many small bats at forest edge. In dusk a Hemprocine over stream, later, almost dark, Eurystopselius. April 16th. Water nearly stationery. Light rain until 9 or so when I went across lagoon and up small stream there. Only able to get 200-300 yards along stream before choked with bushes. In thick forest could go indefinitely . Returned noon. PM to other camp. Brass showed me pigeon (Ptilingus) nest on palm leaf but destroye One croc. floated today--3.52 m. long. I'd like to shoot a 12 m. croc. Chalcophagus and fruit bats xp disputing over hole in tree.