Field journal : Archbold 1936 New Guinea Exp. February 27, 1936 to July 8, 1937
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L: 18, P2 bring mammal species for this camp up to 18; 10 of which are bats. During the course of the next two or three days we are to be moved by plane to the mouth of the Black River. Tomorrow the plane comes in with a heavy load of gasoline & stays until she has moved everything. The flying time from camp to camp will be only 12 minutes, but loading and unloading will make a great difference to timing of the flights. A storm is coming up tonight so the river will probably rise more tomorrow. Wednesday June 3. A slight accident to the rear wheel made the trip at Dare put off today; trip until tomorrow. I learned of this at 10:15 when I kept schedule. We had most everything ready to be moved when the news came. Quantities of bats continue to bring in by the natives; though no more new species. The Nyctimene females are mostly with embryos practically ready to be born. The embryo is large - almost as wide (big) as the thoracic width of the parent, which explains the ligamentous pubic arch in these fruit bats. We had a demonstration of fire-making by a fulmar this afternoon. A short thick dry piece of stick is split partly & the cleft filled with tinder. The stick is held