wrapped in a leaf and of course crumpled, rubbed and spoiled. Teerink decided, in view of the-trouble unrest amongst natives today and trouble yesterday with evicting natives and children, to delay his trip to Habbema. Hunting in forest, small birds fairly common but faint cries or silent and difficult to find. Rhyp brachyhyncha? Squeaked up an all black rhypidura in undergrowth. October 14th. Overcast most AM with sun through at times--hard rainoff and on in PM and even- ing. Hunted down trail a ways, then up spur to ridge and up and down it a ways and so back to camp arcoss pandanus and forest hollow. A garden clearing on ridge with burned native hut. Strange "garden" clearing, undergrowth and substage cut in forest apparently for pandanus. An excellent day for me--every one adds a few things, 30 specimens of 20 species--10 new for camp-- and Anocibla? sclateri from traps, hitherto known only from SE New Guinea. Natives friendly today--several men brought the same young Rhip. albolanthus wanting a shell for it--I refused two cigarettes for it. Found in garden clearing by burned house a fresh spray of Rhododendron--took a few flowersback to Brass who hadn't found it flowering, so sent boys back for it this PM--an empty match box in clearing by spray of flowers apparently picked up and saved by native. Yesterday Brass found owl roost under mossy bank and brought back 2 skulls of Pseudocheirus and 1 skull Melepotes? from amongst old and new fragments of pellets, some quite fresh, and a feather. October 15th. Dull AM--hot sun midday and early PM--hard rain tonight. Doctor arrived from Habbema about 11--all 0.K. there--has been dull and overcast