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BANDICOOT (ECHIMIPERA) SMALL, SPINY. SOMWHAT DAMAGED
BUT SKULL PERFECT. WE NOW HAVE SKINS FOR ALL SPECIES EX-
CEPT LOWLAND WALLABY. SPENT A.M. MAKING UP POGONOMYS
GOING OVER FLAT SKINS. KEN LEFT EARLY THIS A.M. TO PICK
OUT OUR NEXT & LAST CAMPSITE ON THE ISLAND. WE WANT ONE
AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 2500 FT. WILL RETURN THURSDAY.
NOTIME TO COLLECT BIRDS TODAY. TOOK 2 SHOTS AT SMALL
BAT AT DUSK BUT NO LUCK. FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS SMALL
BAT CAVE AT WATERFALL WHERE WE CAMPED ON WAY UP. THE
COUNSELOR IS TO BRING A FEW UP NEXT WEEKEND. LOVELY NIGHT.
GOING JACKING. HEARD BI WEEKLY PLANE WHICH PUTS DOWN AT
FOR A. IT MAY HAVE CARRIED A VISITOR FOR OUR CAMP-
A FOREST SERVICE FRIEND OF LEN'S. QUIET AS A CHURCH OUT
JACKING- NOT A TRACE OF A MAMMAL - ONLY FROGS. WE WALKED UP
TRAIL HEADING TOWARDS RIDGE ABOVE CAMP. IN OPEN TRAIL PASSES
OVER 173 FOOT MATTING OF FERNS. THE TALL GRACEFUL TREE FERNS
+THE ARCHING BAMBOO CANES AGAINST THE NIGHT SKY WITH A
CRESCENT MOON WERE VERY LOVELY.
287 (258) WED. OCT. 14, 1953 78
TOP CAMP. ANOTHER RATTUS IN TRAPS! SHOT A TINY WARBLER-LIKE
BIRD WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE ANOTHER OF THE WANTED SPECIES.
MADE UP THE BANDICOOT - TOOK A LOT OF SEWING. THIS P.M. I MADE
UP MY FIRST PARROT. COLLECTED HIM LAST MONDAY & INJECTED.
STILL FRESH. CAN NOT PULL NECK OVER SKULL - NAPE HAS TO BE
SPLIT. HE CAME OUT VERY WELL. ALL THE COLORS OF THE RAIN-
BAND BUT MUCH MORE VIVID. A BIRD OF THE SONNY TREE TOPS.
OUR HUNTER WAS IN LATE TODAY, BUT HE BROUGHT A FINE BANDICOOT.
BLACKISH HEAD, WHITISH, HAIRLESS TIP TO SNOUT, +
A SLIGHTLY GRIZZLED PATCH OVER EACH EYE. HAD BOYS OPEN
UP OUR BAT SHOOTING AREA. THIS PAID OFF AT DUSK WHEN I
COLLECTED A SMALL MINIOPTEBUS, SIMILAR TO THOSE OF
THE MANEU CAMP, BUT BLACKISH. 18 SPECIES FOR ISLAND;
1 FOR TOP CAMP. HIKED DOWN THE RIVER TRAIL
THRU KEN'S FIRST MOUNTAIN CAMP. NO MAMMALS. TO BED AT 9.
238 (259) THURS. OCT. 15 77
TOP CAMP. KIM HAD OUR FIRST OF RATTUS. MADE UP SKINS IN A.M.
KEN ARRIVED IN CAMP AT 9:15 A.M. HE HAS PICKED A 2ND CAMPSITE
FOR US, AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 2000 FT. IN OPEN RAIN FOREST.