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white Kingfisher# Plenty of Frogs. One wood species a tremendous 
jumper 
All-green frogs on the creek and various spotted ones. A 
lizard 18 inches long, has habit of shaking its head, on croek bank# 
Deer and hog-tracks numerous. This must be a tributary of the Agusan 
as its course for several miles has been northwest, mostly west# Am 
hunting ahead of the party, but animal life is very scarce# Soon we 
reached a more level part of the creek-bed, then level stretches of 
heavy cogon grass# At length the water slackened and deepened, then 
we waded uo to our armpits and left the water when we (Sou Id find footing. 
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Here birds became morS abundant# Tringoides, White-headed Kingfishers, 
shot black and brown Hornbills , Rifle-bird, Paraquet, Butorides, Wagtail, 
brown Pigeon, Big Pigeon (C, aeneus). White-headed Chats were seen for the 
first time since entering the mountains* One brown Hawk size of Broadwing, 
Red-billed Roller, Goatsucker j flushed her 8 of hogs or deer in cogon grass 
beside stream, flock of Brown Ricebirds. 
We were about to go into camp during a rainstorm in a deep f’orest 
beside this river which had become broad and too deep to wade as we had 
been doing up to 4 o’clock, when Lt. Quackinbush waded out in the stream 
to take an observation and saw a native shack built on the stem of a huge 
tree. The Mandayan guide and Lt. Zapanta were sent ahead and were re- 
ceived and welcomed by very friendly and hospitable natives who announced 
that they were Christians. They had 4 houses built 20 feet up f r om the 
ground on poles and tree trunks, and vacatedone house for our use. Ail 
my bedding and clothing, etc., was soaking wet but Jim, my Moro, or led 
much of the stuff before a, fire in the high casa, where we are most com- 
fortable, having dined on rice, green corn, sweet potatoes and coif.ee. 
We cooked rice and a big brown hornbill in a pot together. They made 
