L. 27. D. 14 a tree. Went along the Koriai tracks trying to "sulphurize" tails of from hollow trees. Got a very small, dark flight fur out of one, which I am saving for Rend. In this else, a curious reptile located this fm. Went out at once. The animal, all but impossible for me to see, was hidden in a dense mass. I vines a leaves that melted together the foliage of a quite small tree almost 4 inches in diameter. It was too close to shot, and when I got away a bit, I couldn't see the animal. So while we lay cut away around trees the other kept jerking at some wires, all of which made the animal so uneasy that he came out turned from to another, bigger tree. He was knocked over in nets. It proved to be its young phase (jungle) of Phalops maculatus, ?, and adds a species to the Astrolabe Range collection. Out "jacking" last night but saw only a night hawk. Mon. Dec 15: Clear, rather cold, not much wind. Traps gave poor results: 3 Rattus mygins, 1 Melomys naso? This fm. Goto shot a very fine brown Phalops, with indents white back to half the pouch. Tail slender, and much of its bare. Two young in the pouch, namely 2 pairs (No. 5392-4). The young are ? + ?. In the adult ? the epepubic lines measure 50 mm. and are strongly curved (?). In the juvenile ? the testis not yet developed. The pouch of the ?-? very small and rudimentary in appearance. She old ? with good fat beneath the skins. Rain into this fm. clear again tonight. Barometer reading (1 pm) 69.° (Just 500 meters).