28. 
May 9, 1904 . 
Shct a blaok-and-white Kingfisher (Capt. McCoy), male adult. Testicle# 
very large. See slip for colors. Shot Great Blue Heron, Adult, not 
skinned. Many big Pigeons. One White-headed stork. The blue-and chestnut 
Kingfisher doubtless breeds in a burrow in a bank. As suoh was seen where the 
laying female was shot yesterday, Flock of Hornbills. Not very many big 
green Parisots on this river. Plotus common. Tringoides the only oomon 
Sandpiper. Short-tailed Rirvmdo has become scarce. Today’s notes on 
two separate sheets laid in this book. Bright sunshine all day; no thunder 
or rain. White-headed Haws becoming more numerous. One small Wagtail. 
Camped on the boat just below the first lake. Left at daybreak. 
Haliaeeus leuoogaster was a oonmon bird on today’s trip. Six rowersail 
day. The big lake on our right up to noon. Saw about 6 of the very small 
black-and-white Kingfishers. Eagles smaller than Haliaeeus were numerous. 
Large Hawk mostly all white below. Large Hawk spotted and heavily cross- 
barred. Pigeons, several paire of Green Pigeons, Many Blue-ringed and red- 
and-green Paraquets, one ring-neoked killdeer Plover, many Tringoides and 
Butoridoe, Carabao Birds, White Herons and one Great White Heron, Blaok Heron, 
Great Blue Heron, Red-bellied Goatsucker, Swallow-shrike. Brown Java 
Sparrow, Orioles abundant (6 An one flight). Rifle bird, Red-and ohestnut 
Kingfishers abundant. Black-throated and redObellied Suribirds, singing. 
White-headed, Blaok, and Brown Hornbills. Rather large brown spotted Cuckoo, 
and Gray Cuokoo some size. Purple Oallinule, Waterhen, both very noisy. 
Capt. McCoy.shot a little blaok and white Kingfisher, male adult. Ins very 
dark brown, bill black, toos 2-1 equals 3 on each foot. Feet vermilion; 
olaws brownish black. About the size of English Bparrof. Crows oormon. 
Shot at Hawk, similar to Broad-winged, w5.th light-colored head. Large Green 
Parrot, flooks of Cockatoos. RaInonows. No Oapreys or White-headed 
Kingfi8here. Shot an Xguano or two but oould not reach them. One was 
at least 4 feet long. No Turtles. White-headed Hawk, White-headed Chat. 
May 10, 1904 . 
Reached Talaoogon at 8 P. M. Libang River at 11s56 P. M, The town 
of 200 houses. One hundred and fifty-four of the population of 
have died of smallpox during the past two months. We got 3 cars of evap¬ 
orated cream and some sugar from one of the 6 stores. (3 Chino and 2 native). 
Bee-eaters issuing from round burrows in bluff bank. Flocks of Brown and 
Blaok Hornbills, Big Pigeons, Short-tailed Hirundos, 2 White-headed King¬ 
fishers—the first on this river, Tringoides, Rainorows and Orioles were the 
first birds heard after we started at 4:45 A. M. Cockatoos, Blue-ringed 
and Red-and-green Paraquets. White headed Chats, Black-throated and Red-^ 
bellied Sunbird. Capt. McCoy shoots a Carpophaga aeneus (called Bal-lude' 
by the Zamboanga Moros. The Blue and Chestnut Kingfisher is still abundant 
Blaok starlings are first seen on this river. The Visayans of this river 
use Ka-ging-king for Dendrocygna, the same as the Moros of Lake Lanao. The 
