Tue, Dec. 16. Walked down to Sogni & back, seven miles each way and as I had to go on for another 1/2 mile to Gordon's farm the phone thursday I reckn I touched if 15 miles in all! I learned from Dupain of B.P.C. that the "Royal Endeavour" with Brown & Reed or (was presumably) left Dawn yesterday and is due in Moresby Friday or Saturday. Also Seal of A.W.A. told me that messages have passed between Reed & Archbold and that, though he could not divulge their contents (naturally), every th seemed all right. Arranged with Gordon for the mailer to come up flight us down to Sogri next Monday. That will give us six more trapping nights for this camp. Also Reed struck down where he stands & is able to tell me. Bats seem scarce. I took two trips with sticks + the parabolic lamp and tried out various places along the trail. Only two bats were seen and neither returned to the light. Perhaps it is so strong that it repels the animals. Wed. Dec. 17 Sting winds from midnight onwards an excellent trap morning; mozzies for this camp are Stenomya recurvata & (still lack th ?); a small, black-tailed Melomy, and the ? of Phaseopus milenura. In addition there were several Melops nero (?) and Rallus mordax. The Phasoptele has a minimum formula of 2 pairs as with P. morax. Brown which we took abundantly at Daviumbai had 3 pairs. (See also next p.) The black-tailed Melomy is apparently new to my Astrolabe fauna list. Its underparts are pure white if it is related to some we caught in the H.R. area. I have made two announcements to the trip this morning; one, the amount of specimen trays each has earned during the past month; and, two,