31. 
Landed at Langaran* targe churchy convent arid other buildings, 
cell dilapidated. The birds were Crows, Blue & White Kingfisher, 
Brown Java Sparrow, Swallow- shrike, Swr 1 low- ewi ft, (smallest ) Short- tailed 
Hirundo, Many titlarks and Black- throated Sunbirds, Orioles, Whiteheaded 
Chat; collected one black- throated sunbird, male adult; one Titlark, male 
adu It « 
Landed at Baliangao right after luncheon, collected 2 gray Chestnut- 
and white Quails, all old males; one Mangrove Warbler, male adult, one 
Hairy-back, male adult. Saw besides: Orioles, Swallow- Shrike, Ring- 
necked Towhee-tail. Brown Java Sparrows in large flocks. Blue and 
white Kingfishers, Black- throated Sunbird, Crows, White-headed Chat, 
short-tailed Hirundo, Least Swallow-Swift, Plenty of Terns (Sterna 
bergii) on the sea, but no other sea birds. 
Landed at Dapitan late in afternoon. Birds: 
White-headed Hawk. 
Flock of 30 Cockatoos* This T: hite Cockatoo is a noisy, scolding gregar- 
ious species, and if not the most abundant Parrot in Mindanao and Sulu, 
it certainly is the most conspicuous* 
May 14, 1904, 
innininTnt fr ... . g»nw>miiMnrmnnii 
A Booby, (Suia ) was floating or. the waves ahead at 
sunrise* Capt. Anderson tried to shoot it for me, but if flew too soon. 
One or two others seen later. Sterna bergii floating on driftage. 
Arrived at Zamboanga at 2 P. M. , and left the same evening to join 
General Woods Cotabato Expedition in the Rio Grande Valley* 
