L.23 .P.70 different from this camp. No birds seen either, but lots of new plants for Brass. Had lunch there ; then Healy + I returned in p.m. for radio set at 5 o'clock. Saw that one of our Sukei crew had converted a strip of band-iron (for boxes) into a belt. In the evening just before supper fruit bats came in quantities to the flowering Xanthostemon trees, growling & squawking at each other up there. They were apparently representatives of 3 distinct species. We collected 6 of them for more tomorrows night. Fri. Sep. 18. Heavy rain in night, fair today. Besides the six bats ; a Rattus and 2 Phascopelus in traps. Brass found an interesting species of ants on one of his plants. All on one small leaf were about a dozen workers, 4 or 5 winged sexual individuals, one larva. When the leaf was tapped or even fruit touched each worker went through a sort of dance, tapping the leaf rapidly and audibly with its abdomen. Others all were vibrating the leaf became quite noisy. We had hair-cuts this morning, Healy presiding. In p.m. Healy maybe took 10 fruit bats over by Brand too late to make them up. Then we set for more rattles. Sat. Sep. 19. Traps: 3 Phascopelus, 1 Rattus luciolus, 1 Isodon. A busy morning skinning rats. In middle of morning a procession of locals came up from the landing place, carefully carrying something, several something wrapped in the big sputters of palms. They proved to be 3 spying - ant-eaters for one of which I did about a hatchet. So I found out 3 fatcats. Brand + Brass got back to camp this p.m. Brand carried 3 more fruit bats shot last night. Two common ones were badly fly blown + I discarded them. The third was in good shape. Radio news that the