160 TUES. 9 JUNE 1953 205 TOP CAMP. ONLY 1 OTHER SPECIMEN TODAY BESIDES THE RING- TAIL - A WH-B. RATTUS - UNTIL TIMMY CAME IN ABOUT NOON WITH 3 TREE-CLIMBING RATS NEW TO THE COLLECTION (POGONOMYS) GRAYISH-BROWN WITH SNOW-WHITE UNDERPARTS. DORSALLY PREHENSILE TAIL TIP, LARGER + DIFFERENT COLOR THAN OUR OTHER SPECIES OF POGONOMYS. AFTER AN EASY MORNING, I TOOK THE BOYS DOWN THE BACK TRACK INTO THE BEECH FOREST TO THE DARK SHEL- TER (ABOUT 40 MIN. DOWNHILL). THERE THEY COOKED THEIR RICE WHILE I WANDERED DOWN THE TRAIL LOOKING FOR TREE-CLIMBERS. I FOUND NONE. BOYS SET 67 TRAPS ALONG TRAIL. TOMORROW MAY TELL AN INTERESTING STORY (I HOPE). MANY HOLES AT BASES OF TREES. CLIMBED BACK TO CAMP ABOUT 3:10 P.M. SAW 2 ADULT BIRDS-OF-PARADISE (LONG BLACK TAILS) + ONE IMMATURE. I WAS EVIDENTLY DEFENDING TERRITORY; HE WAS CHASING THE OTHER 2 CONTINUALLY. MANY SMALL BIRDS IN FOREST. TOOK 2 PICTURES OF HOOP PINES. DAVID & I SKINNED TIMMY'S CATCH. HE FOUND THEM IN A HOLE IN A TREE. MADE 1 SKELETON + PICKLED 2 T-BODIES, MADE UP + PINNED SKINS AFTER DINNER. THIS MAKES AT LEAST 14 SPECIES FOR THIS CAMP. NO JACKING TONIGHT. CLEAR IN A.M. CLOUDS IN P.M. + CLEAR + COOL TONIGHT. BETEL NUT (5 A PIECE) ISSUED TO BOYS TONIGHT. THEY WERE CHORUS SINGING MOST OF THE EVENING. GOOD VOICES. SAW LOVELY MAGENTA ORCHIDS IN BLOOM ON TREE TODAY. SOME OF THE BEECH TREES ARE 3-4 FT. IN DIAMETER. OUR 2ND CAMP WILL BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THIS ONE - RIGHT IN THE FOREST - NO VIEWS. GEOFF LEFT HIS LIGHT TRAP IN THE FOREST ALL NIGHT - GOOD CATCH, LARGE + SMALL.