Field journal : Archbold 1936 New Guinea Exp. February 27, 1936 to July 8, 1937
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L. 27. P. 13. a rather choice lot? (traps in traps): the female of Leptomyrs elegans, the female of Pheseojales murus, a young ? Urmys?, Melomys maco?, and the common Rattus praetor. Leptomyrs from a tree-or vine-trap that's fully adult is very much smaller than the male taken a few miles west of here. manus 2nd 0-2=4. Lacks the pad at the base of the 5th toe (present in R.+ Melomys). Pheseojales also from a tree-trap is also much smaller than its male. The mammary formula is, 2 pairs = 4; the pouch undeveloped but the milk area with hairs present, hands & feet brown, tail well haired, dorsal pelage brownish gray. I went with Lira this morning to look at his steel traps and to put bait (menio) over each. Saw track of Peroryctis the large bandicoot which I so want to get. If one of the boys saw a caraway today. This pm. went S. along the morooy trace for quite a way. Actually perhaps a mile but it is a very up- and - down mile. Found an old Koirai hunting track which comes back all the way along the divide, and actually the trace has a heading about 200° (20° W. of S.) So far as I can work it out so far the opposite drawing shows how the water parties snakes about, and what a lot of rides lead one lastly (downward) The Koirai trail is a bit around about but it in relative speaking level; whereas this is at least a 100 ft interval at each side of fork of the companion trace. The letters A K T S indicate where Arin and Tailkudo, Kanemorie and Groo (with not traps). And Lira will steel traps here their sets. So technically A + S are in the Murgrave draught and K on the Laloki. Sun- Jul. 14. Wea. improved: no rain and much less wind. Catch pm., still the quality too fair. Poponym lipidos in a tree-trap; also a young Rattus murdes up