31 Days OCTOBER 1959 10th Month FAIR UNTIL 5: - COTTON WOOL FORT: 203-45 OKAPA AREA - NEAR PUROSA 1 October THURSDAY 274-91 MOST INTERESTING CATCH OF DAY WAS TAIL OF A BANDICOOT; IT IS NOT P. L. WHICH HAS A WHITE-TIPPED TAIL - THIS IS BLACK - MAYBE P. RAFF. WE STILL HAVE STEELS OUT, SO WE MAY CATCH THE FRONT END. MADE UP A FEW MORE OF THE ESINDONA MINIOPTERUS. SMALL BOYS BROUGHT IN 2 MORE OF THE BLACK-TAILED MELOMYS - CAUGHT IN TREES, JOHN + I TRIED FOR BATS AT THE GAP - I SHOT 1 PIP - LOOKED LARGE IN THE FOG. MOTHS COMING IN WELL TONIGHT; NO TACKING. THIS WAS MY FIRST QUIET DAY IN THIS CAMP. 1 HOINCH SNAKE CAME IN, NATIVE HANDLED IT AS IF NON-POISONOUS, SAwni BROUGHT IN A MUCH FLATTENED TREEFROG (FROM FELLED TREE). MI. SP. TRAPS (TOBRAM) IN TODAY. SPECIMENS DRYING WELL. FAIR - STARS OUT. 2 FRIDAY 275-90 PUROSA OUR STEEL TRAPS CAUGHT A BANDICOOT BUT HE LEFT ONLY HIS FRONT FOOT. FEEL SURE THIS IS ANOTHER SPECIES THAN P. L.O., TOBRAM FOUND A WALLABY MANDIBLE IN FOREST THIS MORNING, ALL TRAPS IN, UNPINNED SEVERAL BOARDS. WRAPPED SKINS: I HAVE ALMOST A FULL BLACK BOX OF SPECIMENS. TOBRAM SHOTA B. OF P. IN A.M. (6 PLUMES - A BEAUTY). HE EXPECTED TO KEEP IT FOR AN ORNAMENT BUT I SITINNED IT AND IT MADE UP VERY NICELY. WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP HIM ON PIGEONS. NO LUCK AT ALL ON BATS AT THIS CAMP. SHOT A PIP TONIGHT IN FRONT OF CAR LIGHTS. ONLY 2 SPECIES FOR LOCALITY. TOTAL OF 33 FOR CAMP. HERPS: 50 FROGS; 11 SNAKES; 65 LIZARDS. CLOSE TO 300 MAMMALS FOR 2 WEEKS. DINNER. FAIR. LETTER & CHECK FR.G.E. 3 SATURDAY 276-89 PUROSA TO OKAPATO SONOFI UP AT 6. PACKED PIN-OUT TRAYS. STRUCK CAMP. JOHN TO KAINANTU LOADED ROVER + TRAILER. OFF AT 9:55. TER AT OKAPA WITH DR. & MRS. AURI- CHT (KURU GENETICS). SAW CARROLL GANNON + DR. GREY. FOUND DR MAR AT SONOFI VISITED LIMESTONE CAVE WITH SMALL STREAM FLOWING THRU IT, NO BATS; ONLY CAVE SWIFTLETS (CLICKING). BATS CLEANED OUT. MAR GAVE 2 SPECIES OF MINIOPTERUS TO ME - COLL. BY SMALL BOYS, ALSO AN ANTECHINUS JUST BROUGHT IN. DROVE TO K. + STAYED NIGHT AT HOTEL K. MET A MR. SAMUELS AT DINNER (MINER). BED EARLY FAIR DRY + HOT! 4 SUNDAY 277-88 KAINANTU MEASURED & SHINNED ANTECHINUS. CATALOGUED SONOFI BATS. BOARDS OUT TO DRY IN SUN. MET MICHAEL GALLI (YOUNG TAX COLL. + CENSUS TAKER) - COLLECTS PLANTS. ALSO MINER, FRED SUTHERLAND (NO RELATION TO SCOTTY (GEORGE'S) AT KAINDI) FROM WAU. WRAPPED + PACKED SPECIMENS. BOX #4 TO LAE (ALL SKINS). MET TED U BANK CAME TO T.N.G. 1929. WROTE ITAY, HOBY, DICK V.G., IRVING DINHOFER DUSTY MILLER, SENT HIS CHECK TO BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY £257