7. 
15353 Red-Breasted Sunblrd male adult 
13354 Black-throated " female 
Anthua, Ho. 13366 ™ lr> * dlt 
Between the Lake and Santiago: 
Bluo-Flytmtoher (Hsrpothyni.) 13356. ml. ad»lt. bill £•«» blu " Ulte '*“*• 
Naked-headed Starling, ovipositing, female adult. No. 13357. 
On the Tubay River, below Santiago: 
Blue and brown Kingfisher, No. 13368, femald adult 
ii h h « " 13359 
White-headed Kingfisher " 13360 male adult 
April 23, 1904. 
Left bower on Tubay River in early morning. Before we had poleu 
a half-mile a tropioal storm broke upon us with all its fury. The wind 
blew from the north, twisting branohes from the trees and filling the e ir 
with flying branohes and loaves. 
We sat as low as possible in the barotas, sometimes walking on the 
bank or wading against the current, which continually rose higher and 
soon from perfectly clear the water changed to muddy brown, ever rising 
higher, until before reaching Santiago we cane to two impassable river 
mouths, both on the left bank of the Tubay. A* always happens, the 
hurricane turned about and came baok to us from the South, rain during 
down in deluges. Ticing our barotas to the bank we sought the shelter of 
a native house for protection from the oold and foroe of the rain which 
pelted like hail* but our combined weight crushed the supports of the 
light dwelling of bahboo, matting and thatch, so that it crashed to the 
ground; but we still had the steep roof over us and fbund even an improved 
shelter. From natives in barotas we purchased a big diaijon of bino 
which enheartened our boateen. This must have been the fiercest part of 
the storm, for the sky was black and the air filled with flying twigs and 
limbs that twitted along like birds. 
