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a pair of large parrots in
a hole in a stub! But the
one is impossible - There were
many of the White Billed
Ivory Woodpeckers in this
same locality.
Dad shot one of the large
Amazona Parrots on the way,
they were in fine condition,
but were not bleeding.
We saw our first Roseate
Spoonbills in a flock of
twenty. This at the entrance
to the canal. Several White
Egrets were in company.
Aug 3. MM
The keen report that the
boatman told me of proved
to be a coo-canut rookery,
although keens evidently come
here at night as evidenced
by the many white feathers
and plumage about the
place. The coo-canuts were
for the most part building
and no sets were taken.
I doubt if there were any
eggs in the colony altho
a few unsuccessful nets
closed fair. The whole
peripatola of the Belquad is
white and black with