Hunting up track to 3000 meter pass which is an outpost of the forest edge ef and pass of Habbema; the same forest-edge rhododendrons, yellow-seeded sedge and short grass competed, but no birds in it. One small dull Phascogale running rat-like from one tussock of moss to another in open. At 2900 meters sitting quietly saw a white-eared Phascogale climbing up trunk of tree and on to limb 25 feet up when I shot it. Climacteris at meters-a pair-of-these-birds 2900,meters a pair of these birds creeping around on trunks and large limbs--always head up--did not touch tail to trunk a s condition of tail shows. Natives Not many today--friendly. Doctor got hair samples by giving one of his own in exchange so they wouldn't suspect Pouri-pouri. At Habbema he got blood samples. Only 3 or 4 natives here tonight. Camp bugler on duty now. We are camped here in the midst of pandanus belt. Though growing in the forest, each tree is owned and a rude effort at giving them a better start is made by ring-barking some of the forest trees about them so the trees die and the pan- danus get the light. We've had to be careful about cutting pandanus or break- ing them by felling trees. They are well worth cultivating too as we know from our experience with the tree in SE New Guinea Mts. They could well be called the cocnut of the mountains. Their nuts--for which they are cultivated--are delic- ious fresh, and when dried by cutting up clusters and putting it in front of house even better. Brass is very anxious to get ripe fruit, both for specimens and to send to Dr. Fairchild to be grown in Florida. The season is not right for seeds but we hope to get them through natives. Marcus, an old time bird of paradise hunter moving into the country at Hollandia is one of our mainstays in "talking"to the natives bush people and we get him to tell them just what is wanted. He seemed to put over the idea fairly well but that he didn't realise what was wanted was evident when later he told W.B.R. that if we wanted pandanus we should go to his place in Hollandia where we could get all we wanted for[illegible]