ic mammals & reptiles. Brezina not only saw me the run of his mammal collection but (being an expert photographer himself) helped tremendously in the securing of photos of skunks.. Left Melbourne 5pm on Apr.13. Apr. 15 Arr'd Adelaide. Met Director, Hale; and later Finlayson (i/c mammals). Not much time to spare. Got collection but worth a lot of work. Catalogue numbers off on most skins; also many specimens had been skinned out, alcohol & color are unreliable. (Left for Fremantle at 5pm same day). Finlayson is a chemistry teacher at the University & goes to the mammal department only twice a week. During the war he injured his eye and hand very badly when experimenting with explosives. @Apr. 19. Reached Fremantle, a took the train to Perth (40 minutes). Found Glauert at Museum. He is Ludwig Glauert & speaks with a strong Scottish accent. No types of recent mammals but some of fossils. Some excellent series of certain W.A. species: Myrmecobius, several Phascogale, Tarsipes, Trichosurus, Dromici (2 spp), several Wallabies; and any rodent, R fuscipes, Notomys about 3 spp., Hydromys fuliginosus; bats, 4 or 5 spp - in quantities. also lots of things in alcohol. Glauert, doing most of the work of the museum on his shoulders has no time at all for research. He's willing to work exchanges with us. Left Fremantle 6pm that evening. April 23. Stopped off Green Island about 2000 miles from anywhere to get rid of a barrel containing supplies of food & whatever for the whites (about a dozen) who are stationed there. The only sign of habitation is a written map sticker up above the coconut palms which grow on much of the ring-atoll. The atoll, by the way is incomplete, the reef to NE only just reaching the surface, while the included lagoon (many miles across) has the most lovely turquoise coloring you ever saw.