7th Month JULY 1959 31 Days 20 MONDAY 201-164 (130) MT. W. PENGAGL CR. CLEAR AT NIGHT. FAIRLY NICE DAY. RAIN LATE PM. 21 TUESDAY 202-163 (131) MT. W. PENGAGL CREEK BUSY DAY. KIM JACKED A CUSCUS LAST NIGHT, AND JOHN + I FOUND A BROWN-HEADED RING-TAIL DOWN STREAM JUST BEHIND CAMP. 3 ANISOMYS IN TRAPS, AND GOOD RUNS OF BOTH RATTUS + MELOMYS. BOYS BROUGHT IN A PYGMY POSSUM, POGONOMYS, 3 SANDY MELOMYS AND A REAL PRIZE - NYCTOPHILUS - A VERY LARGE-EARED BAT. THIS IS THE FIRST I HAVE SEEN IN NEW GUINEA; SHOT IT IN CAPE YORK. THIS IS A LARGER SPECIES. BELIEVE A NEW SPECIES HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IN LAURIE + HILL'S CHECK LIST - A SHAW MAYER SPECIMEN, NO DOUBT. NO JACKING TONIGHT FOR ME. MADE UP ANISOMYS, TOBIAM + 2 SMALL BOYS PERCHED ON MY BENCH UNTIL I FINISHED AT 11:30. CLOUDY; LITTLE SUN; RAIN AT 5; 22 WEDNESDAY 203-162 (132) MT. W., PENGAGL CR. QUIET DAY FOR A CHANGE! LIL'LIK SHOT A SILKY CUSCUS LAST NIGHT - VERY PROUD OF IT. WAK SNARED A RING-TAIL (CUPREUS). LIL'LIK HAD HIS 2ND ANTECHINUS. SEVERAL RATTUS, 1 MELOMYS + 1 POGONOMYS WITHOUT ITS HEAD. UNPINNED 2 BOARDS OF DRY SPECIMENS. WILL HAVE TO SHIFT SOME OF BOARDS TO LEN'S TENT FOR QUICKER DRYING. LIL'LIK + HETANA BROUGHT IN THEIR TRAPS + THIS AFTERNOON JOHN TOOK THEM OVER TO SECOND CREEK (1 BEYOND P.A.CR.). NO PIG SIGN, FALLEN LOGS, HEAVILY MOSSSED. SHOULD BE GOOD FOR THE LITTLE NEOHYDROMYS + PSEUDOHYDROMYS. ABOUT 30 MINUTES WALK FROM CAMP. ONLY 6 MORE DAYS OF TRAPPING. SMALL BOYS BROUGHT IN 2 MORE SYCONYCTERIS THIS P.M. AN ADULT PETAURUS FROM KENKU, ACROSS THE CHIMBU RIVER. LEN WENT DOWN CREEK TODAY. COLLECTED HIS 13TH CONIFER FOR MT.W. NEEDS GOOD SUNNY DAYS FOR SEEING INTO TREE TOPS, AND WE DO NOT HAVE MANY GOOD DAYS. TO BED EARLY AFTER 3 LATE NIGHTS.