30 Days NOVEMBER 1959 11th Month 245-3 12 THURSDAY 316-49 WATER RICE OUR USUAL HYDROMYS IN TRAPS. TONIGHT I VISITED THE COCONUT PALM IN BACK OF THE REST HOUSE FOR THE 4TH NIGHT + THIS TIME PETAURUS EXPOSED HIMSELF TOO LONG. HE IS A PECULIAR MIXED BROWN + GRAY. I ALSO JACKED A NYCTIMENE HANGING ONLY 3 FEET FROM THE GROUND IN THE SCRUB WHERE WE HAVE OUR TRAP LINES. LIK LIK WAS OUT IN P.M. WITH HIM. HE FOUND A PURE WHITE CUSCUS! PHALANGER MACULATUS. HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE IN THE FLESH BEFORE. FAIR 246-2 13 FRIDAY 317-48 WATER RICE TO UMI RIVER TRAPS + NETS IN BEFORE 7: OUR 4TH HYDROMYS + 1 RATTUS. AN HOUR'S RUN (14 MILES) TO THE "REST HOUSE" THIS SIDE (S) OF THE FIRST (W) UMI RIVER. AFTER A GOOD CLEANING THE HOUSE SUITED US VERY WELL; GOOD TIGHT THATCH ROOF, ROOFED AREA IN FRONT FOR WORKING + MEALS. SURROUNDED BY STEEP HILLS + HEAVY FOREST, GARDEN PATCH SURROUNDING US. PUT OUT 1 NET + 10 M.S., 20 RATS. RAIN BEGAN AT 6 P.M. + OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS ALL THRU NIGHT. JACKED FOR AN HOUR, SAW SEVERAL FLYING FOXES. FAIR, HEAVY CUMULUS, 247-1 14 SATURDAY 318-47 UMI RIVER (1600 FT.) NOTHING IN TRAPS; 1 SYCONYCTERIS + A KINGFISHER IN NET OVER BROOK. KINGFISHER MADE NO STRUGGLE WHILE BEING RELEASED. AFTER LUNCH I WALKED WEST FOR A MILE ALONG THE RIGHT (S) BANK OF THE UMI RIVER TO THE LAND SLIP WHERE RIVER SWINGS TO THE N.W. POOR FOREST ALONG OLD FLOOD BANK. TOOK 1 SYCONYCTERIS OUT OF NET, JACKED 2 HRS, 5 ALONG ROAD. FOXES, HEAVY CLOUD, BUT FAIR MOSTLY. 248-0 15 SUNDAY 319-46 UMI RIVER HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DARLING! ONLY 1 MELOMYS IN TRAPS (110). A SMALL BOY FOUND A RHINOLOPHUS IN A HOLLOW TREE IN BACK OF CAMP. CREST OF NOSE LEAF HAS 4 LITTLE HOLLOWS. AFTER LUNCH JOHN + I WALKED TO UPPER BRIDGE. SOME CARVED FIGURES ON POSTS. RAINED. SET A BAT NET IN BANANA GROVE WHERE BLOSSOM BATS WERE FLYING LAST NIGHT, LIK LIK AND I OUT JACKING; SHOT 1 PHALANGER ORIENTALIS