Foland 3 Aug. Susain's Island. Landed 8:00 Am. Surveyed island until 11:30 Am. Village at Levelling. Road to Jennings house runs through forest between oceans and lagoon. Jennings house about 1/2 way around island. Vegetation thick, several trees plus coconut palms. Tree ferns, ground ferns etc. Blue-Tailed Skinks very abundant. found in every pile of coconuts and palm fronds, also in grass and climbing on low vegetation. Large Drowskink? collected climbing on trees, sunning themselves in the open. Rattus, common and not shy. Fed on coconuts opened and left in large piles. Climbed readily and were observed 20' up in palms and breadfruit trees. Fights coured squealing. Golden Clover - I found on trail in forest. partly tone still no ad. pluviaaged birds. Possibly feeding on Blue-tailed skinks. W. Tuttler present along creeks. Redf Neson - 1 observed tame dark phaet, in grocery areas along lagoon. New Zealand Cuckoo - common. 4 observed. all in trees about 20 high. Bird looked like Sparrow hawks but flew like cuckoos. Birds would fly to higher coconut palms and work to the opposite side of tree before flying off to prevent observation and following. Typical sneaky cuckoo behavior. Most observations were a result of seeing flying birds. One bird was squeezed in "to about 15 feet where it hid behind a leaf and soared over with only head visible. Other birds apparently new? was there and did not investigate. Squeaking. estimated pop. 50. Fairy Terns, Common Noddys + Haw. Noddys present in small numbers. Mosquitoes + Fly Thick.