betelnut pa lie, others on the bamboo of our cotta* 
Two sick men had to be put on orderlies* horses* One of them 
fainted* When relieved, he was carried by soldiers and natives making 
the trip pretty w ell* 
When we had ascended the high mesa south of the lake, we were joined 
by Major Mamey *s Infty. column that had s tar ted at daybreak to take a line 
of cottas west of us extending to Lake Lanao® 
The marshes spread around us were alive with Herons, Bitterns, dark- 
colored Ibises and dusky Mallards which latter could be distinguished in 
flight by the pure white color of the under side of wing* 
At Sauir , where we camped, Genl • Wood and Capt# McCoy shot ducks, 
water hens, etc* Capt. McCoy shot my first specimen of a grebe for me* 
13336 Grebe (male ?) adult* Sauir, lake Lanao, Mihdenao, P. I. 
April 9, 1904 * 
Padiceps phi lippensis (Bonn* j 
Camp Vicars, Mind*, P« I*, 
April 11, 1904* 
Capt. Flagg, 
Surgeon, 
Malabang . 
Will arrive at Malabang early this afternoon* 
Mearns, 
0. B. Surgeon. 
Edgar A. Mearns, 
Major tc Surgeon, U. S. A* 
