Diary of H. M. Van Deusen January 29 to November 17, 1953
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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.