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Nov., ?9o41 THE CONDOR ?6? cleaving to the Rocks as the Swallows (p. 455) do to the Wall. These are the so famous Birds Nests, whereof we have spoke in the foregoing Volnine h. "The I-krrero" is a green Bird, as big as a Hen. Nature has furnish'd it with such a large and hard Beak, that it bores the Bodies of Trees to build its Nest. From the Noise it makes at this Work, which is heard at a great distance, the Spaniards took occasion to give it this name of I-/errero or Smith. Others think it was so call'd for an knowledge of an Herb, which lay'd upon Iron breaks it; for it is known by experience that the Hole on (sic) the Tree being cover'd with an iron Plate to save the Young that are in the Nest, it seeks out this Herb, and laying it on the plate, breaks it, and so clears the way; but I will not vouch for the Truth hereof. "There is another rare bird call'd Colo-ColoJ, little less than an Eagle, Black, and half Fish half Bird, for it equally dives under Water, and flyes in the Air. It overtakes any Fish and kills it with its Beak ?vhieh is half a Yard long. The Feathers are so close that as soon as out of the Water it shakes them dry. "In the Island of Calamianes there are abundance of Peacocks k. The wild Mountain Cocks ? supply the want of Pheasants and Partridges, and well dress'd and excellently tasted. The Quails" are half as big as onrs, and have a red Beak and Feet. "In all the Islands at all tilnes there are green Birds eall'd I7olanos" and several sorts of Parrots , and white Caca/uas?, which have a Tuft of Feathers on their ttead. * * * * "The Ol'dor or Judge, /).?/oh, Serra, show'd lne another dead Bird that had most beautiful Feathers. as big as a Black-Bird, brought him from the Island of Borneo, where it was taken. It had no Feet, bnt only great Wings to bear it up, and is therefore call'd the Bird of Paradicee. '/P. Comtes in his History of the Is- land of A//i?tdanao, says there are such there." /l/aM/a, ]?. /. h The following is the passage referred to: "The Birds Nests are taken on the Coast of Cochlncht'na. the Islands of Borneo, Calamianes. and others of,he Archipelago of S. Lazaro, where they are built npon inaccessible Rocks, by certain Birds like Swallows, so artificially that they are eaten steep'd in warm Water. to take out any Feathers there may be in them It is not known to this Day, whether they are made fro'n Clay, or of what the Bird fetches from its Stomach; but they are of great nourishment, and taste like the irlal/a?, k'erm/celll." (page 374). i I cannot nmke this out unless it i? one of the hornbills (Bttcerolid?l. None of them, however, are green and I doubt if they dig their own nesting holes. Fix-e genera are known from the Philippines, three of which are confined to the group, viz: H. vdrocorax, 3 species; ?,mnola'mtts, t species; Penelopides, 6 species. j Plotus melauogaster (Gmelin) probably. The single species fonnd in these Islands ranges over the greater part of the Oriental Region and into Celebes. I have never heard the name"Colo-Colo." The bird is known to the natives as "Casili." k None has been recorded from the Calamianes l Gallttsg'allus Linnaeus. The wild chicken, or jnngle fowl is eomnlon ill most of the Islands and abundant in the Calamianes. m Four species of quails have been recorded from the Archipelago, all of thenl nlinllte compared with our Ameri- can partridges. I know of none with red bill and feet. n I don't know the 'Wolano." o Four genera of parrots are present in the Philippines. Prioniturtts, 7 species; Tan_*,,atltus, 3 species; Bolbopsil- la ?cus, 3 species; genus peculiar to Philippines; Lorlculus, 8 species. p Cacatua hr?maturop_vgia (P. L. ?. Mueller). Cacatua contains ?7 species, distributed over the Oriental Region, except the present species which is common in most of the Philippine Islands. qThesebirds were long thought to be without feet as all the early specimens were obtained from nations who cut off the feet. ?one of this family has ever been found in Mindanao tho the myth that they occur there still persists.