May, 1907 



NOTES FROM THE PHILIPPINES 



93 



I have since skinned and have in my collection another. In this one I found 

 a monkey, not yet digested. The paws were torn off and swallowed whole. Then 

 the next joint, and so on. It was eaten hair and all. The bird had then perched 

 on a tree, to be shot by one of the Companies on a hike. 



From the specimen in the picture, I took the following measurements in milli- 

 meters: Length, 1076.8; wing, 584; tail, 431.8; tarsus, 127; middle claw, 114.3; 

 middle tail feather, width, 82.55. Measurements of the second specimen is in 

 inches: I^ength, 40; spread of wings, 76; wing, 24. This bird was very poor 

 and weighed only 8 pounds, whereas the weight given of a specimen described .by 

 Whitehead was between 16 and 20 pounds. 



THE MONKEY-EATING FOREST EAGLE OF 

 THE PHILIPPINES 



I occasionally see one fly from one hill to the other and may secure more. I 

 also have a small long-winged eagle with stretch of wings two inches more than 

 this short- winged species. 



- We are stationed on Mindanao by the shore of I^ake I^anao, 2700 feet altitude, 

 one of the most prolific places in the world. My wife has gotten nearly 1000 

 species of plants, about one-eighth of them new. I have been impressed with the 

 large number of flycatchers. The last I took was a pair of brilliant gold color. 

 We have so much rain that it makes collecting difficult. 



Ma7iila, P. I. 



