L. 28 ; P. 11 This afternoon four Petamurus were brought to me. They were male, female + two juveniles, m. & f. All four had been taken from the same tree. I could distinguish only two manners in the pouch of the females. They apparently represent the dark race of the mountains described by me last year. Also I believe I distinguish a difference in proportion I can - light to port. Light, and in the shape of the ear, compared with P. p. flavipes of southern Papua. I forgot to note the fact that on the lower Ramfaweleh one of Willis's boys obtained a very rare species of Potoromys. I did not acquire the animals, twelve of which was taken from a saple tree. They are to go to Archbold, as we'll go over them carefully in N. Y. The Iwarias are a wild bunch - Wonderful carriers, they charge up the steep hill yelling their heads off. But no fourthly. I tried giving each a piece of Tobacco to buy himself food, or exactly what I thought they might do happened: they smelled the tobacco & then came to me + said they were hungry. Tues. Jan 9. Last night's rain only stopped at 5 a.m. and today it began again at 11 a.m. No sunshine at all. The catch was the biggest I've had yet in Papua: 37 (all rodents). It includes Rattus macr., R. (burni), Stenomys (females 2 M.), Melomys ? + species, Lestomy's (probably ernestmayri), and the & of the new forest-swigs. Everything was soaked by rain & very many, + besides, on account of the large number of specimens I had to give most of them a preservational make-up - to be re-done on their arrival at the museum. It is the first time this trip that I've had to do so. (Later, I made them all up afterwards.) The forest-swigs was caught on 7th of July. Today has been a trying one. Thirty two specimens & the weather atrocious. When the boys came back from