284 (255) SUN. OCT. 11, 1953 81 TOP CAMP. BLANK IN TRAPLINES. HOWEVER, THIS WAS AN EXCITING DAY! THIS MORNING I COLLECTED A PACHYPERALIS SORORY AND KNOWN SPECIMEN FROM THE ISLAND. TIGE MAY PERMIT IDENTITY: UNTIL NOW 5 NEW SUN SPECIES, ACCORDING TO DR. MAYR, HAVE COLOR: SLEEK BLACK BEAD, WHITE THROAT, YELLOW BEAK, BLACK BREAST BAND. STOMACH FILLED WITH MANY BLACK BEETLES. THE NEXT SPECIMEN WAS A BROWN PIGEON. FINALLY, I COLLECTED A BEAUTIFUL RED & BLACK HONEY EATER (LONG CURVED BILL). MY FORMALA ROSENBERGI LONGIROSTRIS — KNOWN ONLY FROM A SINGLE SPECIMEN DISCOVERED ON ONE OF THE WHITNEY SOUTH SEA EXPEDITIONS! SO FOR THIS GIFT, MY BOND WITH THE MUSEUM WAS ANKLOUS TO HAVE COLLECTED. A FITTING WAY TO CELEBRATE MY 5TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE MUSEUM. SEVERAL NATIVES MADE THE CLIMB TO CAMP TODAY FROM GREENWATER WITH FRESH VEGETABLES. ONE BOY HAD SKULL OF WALLABY + SEVERAL LOWER MANDIBLES WHICH I WAS GLAD TO BUY WITH TRADE TOBACCO; THEY CAME FROM SLOPES OF ONE OF THE PEAKS TO NORTH DOGS. ONE MAN HAS BROUGHT HIS DOG + PLANS TO HUNT FOR US FOR SEVERAL DAYS. I MAY GET A NEW MAMMAL FROM THIS CAMP YET. A DOG IS OUR BEST BET. TRAINING (5 P.M.) OUT JACKING WITH LILIK FOR AN HOUR. WE HEARD A CUSCUS BUT COULD NOT LOCATE IT. SHOT A TREE FROG. WOODS VERY WET. 285 (254) MON. OCT. 12 89 TOP CAMP. KEN, LILIK WENT DOWN TO THE HUNG UP TREE WITH SMALL HOLE + FISHED OUT 6 PAGONYMYS LONG FUR + LONG TAIL, GRAY — SAME WITH WHITE UNDERPARTS. A GOOD FIND — SPECIES #16 FOR THE ISLAND. AT NOON OUR HUNTER CAME HOME WITH A NEW CUSCUS (DARK WITH DORSAL STRIPE) + 2 OF THE BLACK WALLABIES! WE PREPAYING 1.50 FOR EACH WALLABY + A PACKAGE OF 12 RAZOR BLADES PAID FOR THE SAGES. THE HUNTER + HIS DOG ARE STAYING FOR A FEW DAYS. MORE VILLAGE PEOPLE ARRIVED TODAY WITH VEGETABLES FOR WHICH THEY WANTED SALT, PAPER, TOBACCO, OLD FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES. SEVERAL HAD LOWER MANDIBLES OF WALLABIES, CUSCUS + BANDICOTS. BOUGHT THEM FOR A FEW STICKS OF TOBACCO (COLD) WITH NEW MOON TONIGHT. NO JACKING. MADE UP 1 RUFEOUS-CAPPED FLYCATCHER AT 4 A.M. COLLECTING CONTINUES GOOD FOR LEN. 286 (257) TUES. OCT. 13 79 TOP CAMP. NO TRAP CATCH AS USUAL, BUT OUR WANTED CAME THROUGH WITH ANOTHER WALLABY AND OUR FIRST BANDICOT! WALLABY WAS AN OLD MALE GOING GRIZZLED BUT STILL WITH GOOD BLACK BODY.