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rained by water. The straight trunk 6 ft. in diameter measured 120 ft. 
to the roots. Root and branch, the tree 240 feet in length. We dis- 
embarked and in passing found nest of brown goatsucker on sand among 
the branches of this tree. Eggs preserved. Earbord shot a brown Dove 
like one seen in Mandaya house at* — We were so hungry that it 
was demanded for the pot, * though a new bird, Tringoides, Carpophaga 
aeneus abundant. Kingfishers, large chestnut and blue, large all black 
glcssy Cuckoo, a few Merops amer icanus . White-headed 
Fay 6, 1804. 
Left Pilar, a Manday&n village on left bank of Agusan River at 7 
A. M. Birds abundant. Many Iguanos. Orioles numerous. Brown and 
Black Hornbills, big Pigeons, many Butorid.es, Tringoides, flocks small 
parrots, probably raquet- tailed, flocjks of Cockatoos. Some shot. 
Many red-billed Roller-Goatsuckers, Black Cuckoo, Obon-obon is Mandayan 
for the shrieking bird, which they sky is brown ( f ema'le*}7 Bagoombim 
is the mountain we climbed. Are passing Gandia, a Mandayan village 
on right bank at 8:05 A. M. 8 houses together. At Pilar we saw the 
first cocoatuts. Hemp and bananas all along the river but not in any high 
cultivation. The chestnut and blue Kingfisher is abundant, but there are 
no white-beaded Kingfishers, Butorides abundant. White-headed Chats, 
Brin^oides, Many Crows end Cockatoos, Obon-abon, Parrot (raquet- tailed?) 
Eirops, Bajao or Cu-ow (More), Black and white bird size of Cov/bird, Short- 
tailed Hirundo, Cocoa nuts » Rivorbanks have been heavidly wooded but now 
are heavy grass on one side or the other giving an openness to the valley. 
Met first native barota with 2 Mandaya s. Bamboo occasional. Small 
Plover, Mirops, 2 species Motacilla, Dusky Swift, Black Cu®koo, Brown Java 
Sparrows, Many Mirops, bicolor. Cockatoos, Large Green Parrot, Green Pigeon. 
Pair of Rairtcrows flew over like specimen from Dinagat. River /somewhat 
larger with more little grass islands. At 9:14 pass mouth pf 
* / . 
Mannings River on right bank Merops bicolor, Ba-how (bird) crying. 
