other hollow trees. Took only one bat, similar to a species already seen. Incidentally, I think both the tender happened this morning and the one shot last night by Rand belong to the same species. Only his is old & the other is so young that it has only just lost the milk pins & the 4th molars are not yet up. The strongly marked lumps has again turned up. Sun, Oct. 25'. A third specimen of Lepidomy was trapped today, also a female. It too has the white frontal mark. [illegible] In addition to some Rattus, a young Hydromys was taken, making the 3rd for this locality. It was caught in 1 of the fence-traps. Yesterday p.m. gave us heavy showers followed by cooler temperatures in the evening. A new bat (#3069), one of four (3 escaped) was taken in an old bamboo culm which broke to pieces when the dry shook it. It was the third stemmed, open bamboo, and was growing in fairly open well-drained forest. No specimen caught contained two embryos. Rand went fishing this evening again, returning at 11 o'clock with 3 Memmys, a Rattus [illegible] and 2 Dorcopsis nearby. I've been feeling a bit too weary in the evenings, especially my eyes, to want to go out. Mon, Oct. 26. Fair & clear very hot. The tides are getting bigger, high tide coming about 1 o'clock. Nothing special in traps. I had 30-odd moved into the sago swamps behind camp this morning and a hundred put out any the swamp forest at the head waters of the eastern creek which I visited Oct. 25th. This p.m. got some more lepidoptera. There's thunder brewing this evening. Tue, Oct. 27. Overcast & threatening rain. Today a small Phaeogale the 30th species of graminae for this camp was trapped. I don't know whether it is specifically the same as the one at Darwin. Also got the ? D. macroglossus brunneus. Already shot 5 males. A pair of Cuscuses, a Melomys and a Uromys complete the day's catch. Later another pointed-eared bat from hollow tree. Pat Murphy radio told me this morning there's civil