27. 
Ifany Tringoides floating down on driftage. Passed Patrooino at 11:20. 
People old Christian Monobos, who say they are Visayans. Orioles, Chrys- 
olaptes at mouth of nest. Skinned ohestnut-and-blue Kingfisher, female, 
laying. breasted Hank. Big Brown (long-tailed) Pigeons. Jungle- 
oooks orowing. It is the chestnut and blue Kingfisher that utters notes 
like the Lesser Yellow-legs and not the Naked-headed Starling. Found medium 
sised green Parrots breeding in several holes in a large tree near the r?.ver- 
bank. A colony of Merops bloolor nesting in bank of river. Another larger 
oolony later. Many small Paraquets. The little Killder Ring-Plover, 
the largest Woodpeoker nesting in large dead tree at Varicella where Cockatoos 
and largest medium-sised Oreen Parrots and big Pigeons were oommon. One 
ring-neck Dove. Both species Sunblrd, Brown Java Sparrow, Plotus. One or 
two small Wagtails on driftage. Crows. Very many Red-billed Rollers. 
Small bird, all dark sise of Junoo, long tail, undulating flight orossed river. 
Presidents at Varicilla met us. We found a few eggs and plenty of 
rice here. Riverbanks generally high on both sides. Carabo Biids abun¬ 
dant at Varicilla where are Carabao and India cattle. 
At Jativa were only India Cattlej but with then we saw a flock of 
Carabao Birds. These 2 flooks are all aeon sinoe leaving Beganga. To¬ 
morrow we will oross the lake in a larger barrota with a small one for hunt¬ 
ing. We have an arrangement for oooking aboard the barota. Duoks are 
said to be abundant on the Lake. We have enough rice. Three or four 
days will see us in Butuan and aboard the Ranger. 
May 0! 
1904. 
Left Varioella at 6 A. M. Cooked breakfast aboard. Many large Herons 
(Night Herons ?) Plango is the name of the yoooa like (palm ?) fj*® 
30 ft. high with long linear serrato-edged leaves at the top. Red-bil_ed 
Goatsucker, Swallow-Shrikes first seen. Great Blue Heron Just seen. 
Plenty of blue and chestnut Kingfisher. Capt. McCoy shot a large w"ite 
Heron, female adult, skinned. Iris pale yellow, aX ®® Bt y hl * e * I - li yo ow * 
Legs and feet purplish black. The only one seen. The first -aterhens. 
The Visayan name is Talauaohig. Rainorows, Brown Java Sparrows, Black- 
throated Sunbird, many Black Herons, White-headed Chats, little Bro ™ SIJLTJ? 
Green legs. Minute Blank-end white Kingfisher, with dark breast. On reaching 
the largest lake we (Harbord, McCoy, Geehart and I) got into a small barroto 
and hunted. We saw no duoks, but nuraorous large Pigeons, Great White Herons, 
Butorides, fit. Blue Herons, Carabao-Birds, Black Herons, Purple Gall-nules 
and Waterhens. We saw a great Fruit-Bat roose with hundreds of them hanging 
from the trees and soreeohing whenever we fired a shot. Shot one purple 
Gallinule and one Watorhen. Saw small Black and white Strike and many 
swallow shrikes. Blue-ringed and small red and green Paraquets. Large 
Green flocks of Cooketoos. 
