[78] Cf. Loarca's version of this and other myths, and his account of the native beliefs and superstitious practices (_Vol_. V, pp. 121-141). [79] The Tagals also called this bird _tigmamanukin_; its scientific name is _Irene cyanogastra_, Meyer (Blumentritt's _Dicc. mitologico_, pp. 34, 118). See Forbes's description of the "fairy bluebird" (_Irene turcosa_) in his _Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago_ (New York. 1885). p. 67. [80] Naso (the native name for which is Siroan) and Potol are, respectively, the southwest and northwest extremities of Panay Island. Cf. the offerings made to rocks by the Huron Indians (_Jesuit Relations_, x, p. 165). [81] Probably referring to Cape San Agustin, the southeastern extremity of Mindanao, at the eastern entrance of Sarangani Strait, where there is always a heavy sea. [82] For this reason it is called Puntas Flechas--_Pablo Pastells, S.J._ [83] In the margin of the printed work is a reference to "3 Kings, 16"--_i.e._, the first Book of Kings in the Protestant version of the Old Testament. [84] See accounts of the practices of medicine-men among the northern tribes of the North American Indians, in _Jesuit Relations, passim_. [85] Among the infidels of Mindanao there are still four kinds of sacrifices: human, called _pag-huaga_, practiced by the Bagobos; that of swine, or _pag-balilig_; that of chickens, or _pag-talibong_; and the _pag-cayag_, which is a poured-out offering of rice. The _baylanas_ sacrifice the victim by thrusting into the heart or throat of the animal a _balarao_ or dagger, and suck the blood issuing from the wound. Then they dance about the sacrifice in innumerable attitudes, and sing, while trembling and making grimaces, the following stanza: Miminsad miminsad si mansilatan Vpud si Badla nga maga-dayao nang dunia. Baylan managun-sayao, Baylan managun-liguid. afterward Badla will descend, who will give health to the earth. Let the Baylanas [priests] dance, let the Baylanas dance about."--_Pablo Pastells, S.J._ [86] A marginal note in the printed work cites II Corinthians, 8. [87] St. Marcellinus, the thirtieth of the Roman pontiffs, was elected in 296 A. D., and died in 304. [88] The following references appear on the margin of the printed page: Boethius, _Topica_ (Tolentino, 1484), book 2. Andreas Tiraquellus, _Ex commentariis in Pictonum cosuetudines, sectio De legibus connubialibus_ (Parisis, 1513), law 4. Francisco Ribera, _In librum duodecim prophetarum commentarii_ (Salmanticae, 1587), Hosea, 3. [89] Perez (p. 44) only records the various churches served by this father, from 1596 to 1607, and his death in the latter year. [90] Apparently at the point of Tinagoan, on Buad Island, off the western coast of Samar. [91] In the margin is a reference to II Timothy, 4.