30 Days APRIL 1959 4th Month S/S SHANSI, WE LEARN, WILL NOT BE IN UNTIL SAT. 18TH TO LAE ON MON. 1ST QUARTER MOON. LOVELY DAY. 16 THURSDAY 106-259 (35) 5TH WEEK OOMSIS CREEK 31 TRAPS, 3 NETS — TRAPS IN SCRUB TRACK TO WEST. 1 MELOMYS + 1 YOUNG ECHYMIPERA; 1 SYCONYCTERIS IN NET; 1 AD. BANDICOOT BOUGHT FOR 4 SHILLINGS FROM OUR NEIGHBOR IN THE GARDEN PATCH. JOHN + MARY WOMERSLEY, CHILDREN + 2 FRIENDS DROVE OUT FROM LAE. DID NOT GET THE BANDICOOT MADE UP AS A RESULT, MR. + MRS. SCHULTZ CALLED IN A.M. BROUGHT OUT SOME BREAD. A GOOD BAT NIGHT: I SHOT 2 PIPS, 2 (HIPPOSIDEROS, 2 SPECIES PTEROPUS, + DOBSONIA; JOHN + PIP. "FOXES") WERE RAVENOUS FOR FRUIT OF TREE (SAPONACEAE) 1/2 MI. S. OF CAMP. FAIR, SOME CLOUD COVER. 17 FRIDAY 107-258 (36) OOMSIS CREEK 30 TRAPS — 1 RATTUS RUBER. NOTHING IN NETS. A LONG DAY AT SKINNING TABLE. MY #2 BOY, HETANA, SKINNED OUT THE DOBSONIA + 1 PTEROPUS. VERY WILLING. ZENAG BROUGHT IN HIS 4TH WHITE CUSCUS, THIS ONE WITH A SMALL, NAKED POUCH YOUNG (1 TIN CORNED BEEF, 3 TOBACO, PAPER, 5 SHILLINGS, BOX MATCHES). JUST BEFORE 6 P.M. THE GUNNS + BILL SMYTHE ARRIVED. OUT WING SHOOTING WITH JOHN + ME, I SHOT 1 HIPPO- SIDEROS IN LIGHT BEAM OF CAR. CHICKEN DINNER. WEST, UP THE HILL, HACKING. A FEW FOXES. I SHOT A BEAUTIFUL BIG GECKO. VISITORS LEFT AT 12: FAIR, WITH HIGH + LOW CLOUDS 18 SATURDAY 108-257 (37) OOMSIS CREEK 30 TRAPS, 3 NETS — NOTHING. TRAPS IN — WILL RUN THEM ALONG CREEK TONIGHT. BAT NETS RELOCATED — TO GROVE OF WILD FIGS SOUTH OF CAMP. RICHARD LEAHY CALLED IN THIS A.M. WITH SOME "ROCK MELONS". HIS PARENTS ARRIVE LAE NEXT WEDNESDAY. TOOK PICTURES OF FLYING FOX STUDY SKINS, OF KIM + OF HOUSE. GAROP CAME IN WITH A FINE 1 WHITE CUSCUS LATE AFTERNOON. JOHN + I JACKED HIS GOAT TRAIL. RAIN AFTER ONE HOUR. COLLECTED BEAUTIFUL GREEN TREE 19 SUNDAY 109-256 (38) OOMSIS CREEK AFTER RAIN, OVERCAST + HUMID. S.E. TRAPS IN P.M. LIK LIL HAD OUR 1ST HYDROMYS IN OUR WATER SETS ON THE CREEK, ALSO A WHITE- BELLIED MELOMYS. 7 SYCONYCTERIS IN 2 NETS IN FIG GROVE. I SHOT A PIP + AN EMBALLONUZA LAST NIGHT IN LOG PADDock. GAROP BROUGHT IN A GIANT 9 PTEROPUS, THIS FRIEND OUR 1ST UROMYS. WOMERSLEYS CALLED. S/S SHANSI DUE TOMORROW. MAMMAL TOTALS: 3 SP. MARSUPIALS (12 SPECIMENS) 9 BATS (27); 6 RODENTS (13). NO BATS SHOT TONIGHT; TRAPS + NETS IN; NO JACKING.