L-23 p-3 Sun. Sep. 27. Grisville announced by radio that their plane will come in here on Wednesday, hoping that the "Ornitho" will have arrived. This morning one Phascogale alive, now in the "live-traps" which set not yesterday. A Phascogale for its tail bitten by the trap but is otherwise uninjured. It creeps quickly along the bottom of a box and with difficulty climbs the angle between adjoining sides. If caught too, walks with hind foot widely splayed out. Pawses often with one or other fore foot raised off floor. Sits up readily on hind legs while looking up towards top of box. Makes faint noise between a squeak and hiss when frightened. Springs wire between a squeal and hiss when frightened. Springs itself, lengthens and snaps directly at finger or other object brought near it. Goes thrashing movements if muddle with fore feet. Wraps lower half of tail with mouth. Repeatedly jostles its nose into small holes in floor of box. Bites at injured tail. Scratches with hind foot. Mon. Sep. 28. In traps 3 Melomys musculus, and in live-traps one young Phascogale. The young Phascogale being uninjured acted somewhat differently from the one caught yesterday by the tail. It latter was allowed to get away. This specimen is a male and about 2/4 grown. That very tiny it does exceedingly aggressive and will sit upright on its hind legs and the base of its tail, watching and hissing as you bring your finger down onto it. As the finger approaches the Phascogale springs its own straight in the air, clings on with its front paws after biting furiously. Its ears can be coiled or folded back like those of Gramina. It folds them and partly closes its eyes while it bites. This specimen was caught in a 5-pole practice can dented so that the top is level with the ground, and baited with combination bait. Spent the whole morning working over the power supply of the radio but got nowhere. Heard VHW3 (Grisville) asking Grisley whether he still had a speed. With us, finally said he had not heard us for ten days. No wonder! The Phascogale supplied with an upright piece of wood when it doesn't jump, will climb down squirrel-fashion. Not in to say it revolves the hind feet and which tailing downwards, clings with its thick claws. This evening a good uproar over cattle native camp on the island. It turned out eventually that one of the men wanted to get married to a young girl but because she was so young her father objected. The entire community seemed inclined to take sides, but after some 15 minutes of exacted talk things died down. Brown sawp the dry grass in which wallabhis live is Pollinia