31 Days JULY 1959 7th Month LITTLE SUN HIGH CLOUD MOST OF DAY. 16 THURSDAY 197-168 MT. WILHELM, PENGA GL CR. 2 RATTUS + 2 MELOMYS IN TRAPS. SAVED SKELETON OF SILKY CUSCUS, JEMKANA, AS USUAL, TOOK THE MEAT + VISCERA OF THE CUSCUS + RINGTAIL. THIS A.M. KENDUA (LULVAI), WAK + A 3RD MAN SET OUT UP STREAM TO CROSS THE WEST RIDGE INTO THE NEXT VALLEY. THEY ARE GOING PARTICULARLY FOR DENDROLAGUS, BUT MAY GET POSSUMS AS WELL. WAK HAS A SHOTGUN + TACK LIGHT. HAVE OFFERED £1 FOR TREE-CLIMBERS, TOOK UP TRAP LINE TODAY. WILL NOW TRAP UPSTREAM. CAMP VERY QUIET TOGRAM + I COLLECTED 16 FROGS AT NIGHT, NOW THAT D.C. HAS LEFT: UNPINNED SPECIMENS. JOHN JACKED A PSEUDOCHIROS PLEASANT DAY 17 FRIDAY 198-167 127 MT. W. PENGA GL CREEK 18 MAMMALS ON THE BOARD TODAY: 3 SPECIES MELOMYS, RATTUS, RING-TAIL, + 2 ORNATE BANDICOTS (HOST TO MANY FLEAS). A LONG DAY - DID NOT FINISH PUT- TING UP ALL SKINS. POLICE RUNNER IN WITH MAIL JUST BEFORE LUNCH, I HAD LETTERS FROM MARY TAYLOR + DR. LORD, WROTE HURRIED NOTE TO DICK VAN GELDER. WAK + PARTY RETURNED FROM NEXT VALLEY WITH ONLY A BROWN-HEADED RING-TAIL TO SHOW. THEY HAD NO DOG WITH THEM, NO ONE IN THE UPPER VALLEY HERE SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HUNTING DOG. WITHOUT ONE IT WILL BE PURE LUCK TO FIND A TREE CLIMBER. LEN WORKING A DOUBLE SHIFT WITH DRYING OVEN. HE HAS NOT FOUND OAK OR BEECH YET. NO JACKING. MOON CLOUDED OVER. SUNNY DAY. THUNDERSTORM LATE P.M. 18 SATURDAY 199-166 128 MT. WILHELM, PENGA GL CR. A BUSY CONFUSED DAY. AS USUAL ON SAT. IT WAS VISITING DAY FOR THE CHIMBUS. A STREAM OF SMALL BOYS WITH FROGS + LIZARDS + A FEW RATS (ALSO 1 ANTECHINUS + 1 EUDROMICIA). TOGRAM + JOHN HAD ANOTHER ANISOMYS + 1 PERORYCTES - BOTH IN TRAPS (STEEL) ON LOGS OVER PLUNDE-RUNDE CREEK. H.+ LL. HAD A FAWN MELOMYS + 3 RATTUS. ALSO SKINNED OUT THE RING-TAIL WAK BROUGHT BACK YESTERDAY. JOHN PITCHED IN THIS P.M. TO CATALOG THE HERPS. ANOTHER DAY LIKE THIS WILL PUT US OVER 500. LL.+ H. TACKED - AS DID TOGRAM + I - SAW NOTHING. COLL. 1 FROG. COLD. VP UNTIL 11:30 INJECTING FROGS + LIZARDS, SUNNY DAY. RAIN AT 7 P.M. 19 SUNDAY 200-165 129 MT. W. I, PENGA GL CREEK 43 SPECIMENS. HYDROMYS - A PECULIAR LOOKING SPECIMEN TAKEN BY JOHN IN A STEEL ON A LOG OVER THE PLUNDE-RUNDE CREEK; CERTAINLY AN ALTITUDINAL RE- CORD, ANEW POGONOMY S (SYVESTRIS?). ALSO A POGONOMELOMYS + ASSORTED MELOMYS + RATTUS. JOHN HAS BEEN MOST HELPFUL IN THE RUSH OF THE LAST 2 DAYS. NATIVES BROUGHT 2 PETRAVUS, MELOMYS (3 SP.), EUDROMICIA IN TODAY. ANOTHER VISITING DAY. KIM OUT JACKING TONIGHT. I MADE UP PERORYCTES, LABELED ECTOS + BLOOD SLIDE.