Wiite-headed Chat* 
4 
6 
No mammals seen* 
Steamed to Surigao, where I was ashore from 3:30 to 6 P. M* Shot 
mate to the Lark (13350) (female adult) and the same Curlew (13351) seen 
before, mala adult* 
Shot at brown Rail* 
Shew Blue-and-brown Kingfisher, 
Merops 
Brown Java Sparrow 
White-breasted Rail 
White-bellied Eagle 
White-headed Hawk 
Red-breasted and Black- throated S unbirds 
Small Brown Shrike 
Motacilla 
Tringoides 
Swall ow- Shr i ke 
Black-and-white Towhee (Rhipidura) a pair on fences and under houses in 
town* Wing mostly white • “ Head and back slate-black, wings dropped 
Very gentle, --new to me* 
Crow 
Black Starling 
Orange-breasted Green Pigeon 
Plain green Pigeon, no wing-bars 
Cuckoo size of Green Pigeon 
RaAnorow 
Carpophaga aeneus — two* 
Hirundo- -both species* 
Large green Parrot, blue or crown, in captivity 
Many Cayamans said to be in Surig&o River* No mammal seen* One plant and 
4 rocks collected* 
Left Surigao at 8 P. M. and steamed for mouth of Agus&n River (here 
called Butuan River)* 
April 22, 1904* 
Arrived off mouth Agusan River during night* Enormous flocks of white 
birds constantly arising from bars at mouth of river* Some probably Shore 
Birds; but Sterna bergii very numerous, Sent ashore and got 10 constabulary 
soldiers from island at mouth of Agusan River. Then steamed to mouth of 
Tubay River for (barotas) in which to ascend to Lapongan (Mainit ) Lake, 
hoping to reach Santiago today, and Lapongan Lake during the night, in order 
to pass unfriendly native villages by night, in order to surprise the camp 
