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Mandayaa. Their doraestio animals are chiekens, pips, dogs, eats, and onoe 
I saw a brown dove in a cage. 
(At 9:27 paaaed Gerona, a Mandayan village.) The houses we have aeen 
were reload from 6 to 20 feet above the ground. They are ahallow, low af¬ 
fairs nuoh like the Fish Hawk neata on stumps along the Atlantio coast. All 
are entered by olimbing a pole with deep notohea out in it. The higher ones 
often have an additional hand rail. (Note of Butoridea like our Green Heron'a. 
The naked-headed Starling utters a cry like the Leaser Tallow-legs.) The 
houaeaare of bamboo and sticks, thatched with grass and palm and surrounded by 
matting walla. One oannot always stand erect even where there are no 
shelves. Shot and skinned a Butoridea, male adult. Large, long-tailed 
brown Pigeons, one White-bellied Sea Eagle. Passed two rivers, lat on 
right bank Just above a village, 2nd larger on left bank. One small, blue 
and brown Kingfisher. 
Passed mouth of small river Llbutdn at 12:06. Flocks of Calao (Horn- 
bills) and big Pigeons. Flook of 6 white-headed Storks flew from the river 
and alighted in a big tree. High banks closing in on the right bank, not 
on the left. Bamboo rafts all along for crossing. High banks on both 
sides now. (12|43) White headed Hawk. One small Hornbill. Jungle Cook 
orowing. Landed at Jativa at 2 P. M. Visited the ohuroh and oonvent. 
Shot 4 big Pigeons, 3 Cookatoos and a Rainorow. Skinned the last (female 
adfclt) Red-bellied and blaok-throated small Ring Plover, Sunbirds were first 
seen on the Agusan at Jativa. Also small Brown and dark metallic green and 
chestnut Pigeons. The brown-breasted Thrush was common, as were Raquet- 
tailed Parrots. Quake Birds oomraon. Ine small blue and brown Kingfisher. 
Many Starlings and Barbets. Largest Woodpecker. 
May 7, 1904 . 
Started 4t 6 A. M. Many big Pigeons, small brown dove, raincro#*,naked¬ 
headed Starlings, Orioles, Plotus, Tringoides, Paraquets, Raquet-tailed Par¬ 
rots, large Green Parrot, Cookatoo, Brown and black Hornbill, largest Wood¬ 
pecker, Tringoides, Small Ring Plover, Brown Java Sparrow. No Butoridesto- 
day No white-headed Kingfishers seen on the Agusan River. One peculiar, 
very small, grayish Kingfisher seen flying. Many white-headed Harks, and a 
Hawk about like Broad-wing. A yellowish bird sise and color of female Sumner 
Tanager. Many Orioles, Barbets, Red-belliedand Blaok-throated Sunbirds. 
Many blue and chestnut Kingfishers. Many short-tailed Hirundos (One dhot 
yesterday) but no long-tailed ones. One Butorides. Many dusky Swifts, 
Ignamos. Occasional ooooaAuts. Flock of small white-headed Hornbills called 
Boo^by by the Mandayan boatmen. One small brown Kingfisher with a blue head. 
One very small blaok and white Kingfisher. Flook of Merope bloolor . 
