lizards, and snakes that fly, and then frogs that push off, spread their feet and sail to the next branch --s truth how Adamson would have looked! November 6, 1938. Dull AM -- occasional bursts of sun - rain by 10 and rain this PM. Bright moon through clouds and Papuans singing in house across the way. W.B.R. and Toxopeus away at seven - just Brass and me left - thirty odd Papuans carried - more came in this noon and PM. "One- eye" brought several "rats" - and after receiving pay "gave" me tins potatoes. I gave him two cigarettes. He sat down and smashed one - then fished in his bag and brought out an Echidna skull - with a tremendous long beak - paid a shell for it. Other natives brought in a number of things, including two fishes from ? --probably they are new. No lamps tonight - only candles and guard rather active with flash- light. Spent day in camp - writing in AM - to van Mook amongst others - and drying birds in oven and turning them. But this PM with birds and rats busy - About 2 PM heard the broken trill of white-eyed Gerygone and went down to edge of clearing where from mixed flock shot: 4 Erythripes (feeding on -- fruits) 3 Gerygone white eye ) 1 Microeca pep. ) top of fruit trees 1 Preslorhynchies ) and saw Rhip. albo-- and heard Pach. schlegeli singing - one song is chit chut wet-cut-che vet chut che chut chut quite loud and full - often heard here - and two Neopsittacus pullicauda feeding