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I found a tape-worm in the bowels of the golden-headed male duck, and so I am preserving the intestines of the bird, and all the pieces of the tape-worm I could find, to send to the Smithsonian Institution.

There are five or six local Chinese fishermen and hunters that are collecting for me as efficiently as though they were hired collectors. It takes all the spare time I have to care for the specimens.

Nov. 16. Labelled boxes No. 465 and 466, skeletons of birds and one rabbit. Also 467, skeletons of birds.

I have not heard from my family for two months and six days, and am much worried about it. I am sending a telegram to Shanghai to cable to America for information.

Nov. 17. Went by boat to Li Chuang. Shot one duck, but it escaped. It was a cold, rainy day.

Nov. 18. We went overland to Gi Tien Ba, south of Li Chuang. The path was very slippery and muddy. Got a very few insects.

Nov. 19. Travelled from Gi Tien Ba to Li Chuang. Killed 13 birds and caught a few insects. Caught one mammal no. 315, which had its skull ruined in the trap.

The road was very muddy, and in places difficult for travel.

Nov. 20. Went by boat to Suifu, mailed boxes 465, 466, 467.

Nov. 21. A strange duck was brought in to me today. It is much like a meganser, but is about half as large. That is, it is much like Mergamus squamatus and its relatives.

The moon rises about midnight now. The netter is using the lantern to secure night moths. I want to catch night moths this year as long as they will come to the lantern in order to see whether or not new varieties appear in the late autumn or in the winter time.