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we found large flooka of Carabo-BirdB end dark-oolored Ibises. I shot 
e Carabao-Bird Ho. 15434 nalo adult (Bubulous ooromandus (Bodd.), with nuptial 
plumes. A Hospital Corps nan cooked and aite it, and sa’d it was extremely 
good. Testes enormous. 
A good many Ring-necked Doves. 
Flocks of Dusky Mallards, whose flight is like that of Anas bosch as. 
The Dendrooygna is the large, white-rumpod species known to the Fil- 
ipinos as Pata Marina, the smaller species being Fata Monte. I have not seen 
the latter on the Lake Lanao. 
White-breasted Rail. 
Motaoilla. 
Ho shrikes Been on tturaca River. 
White-headed Hawks very abundant. 
Ho Tringoidea seen on Taraoa River. 
Circus—2 kinds, (fcray, and black and gray. 
A few dusky swifts. 
Many long-tailed Hirundos. 
Swallow Shrikes. 
Yesterday, April 7, a stout Snake was found, head gone, eaten by a 
Hawk. It was purplish blaok, the scales above barely edged with yellow; 
below all bright yellow. 
Capt. McCoy and I hunted from 6 to 6 in a marsh at our oamp. We got 
3 dusky Mallards and a 13336 little brown Heron male adult. Saw many 
horned Railorakes, a good many narrow-tailed Gallinagos, a Bittern, and great 
burabers of Solitary Thttlers. A few Water-Hens. One large Brown and blue 
kingfisher, many Looustillas and large warblers, brown Rioe-Birds in great 
flocks. 
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At evening Bitterns were booming, and numbers of Great Blue Herons 
A pril 9, 1904 . 
On waking* 
, shadow^ forms of crows were passing over, and as soon as 
it was light a pair of naked-headed Starlings flew over my bed. Wagtails 
were flying about our camp and numerous small red and green Paraqueta flew 
over with loud squeaks. Like Anpelia oedrorvun. Some alighted in a 
