[64] A small bird, native to the island of Cerdeña, whose nest is utilized by the cuckoo. The context, however, suggests that the word may be a misprint for _mezquitas_, referring to the mezquit (_Algarobia_) of Nueva España--the writer meaning that along the Quiñgua valley were numerous thickets of some shrub resembling the mezquit. The river is now fringed with clumps of prickly bamboo. It is also possible that _mosquitas_ is simply a misprint for _mosquitos_ ("mosquitoes").
[65] Fray Pedro Mejia was born in La Mancha, and professed in the Augustinian convent at Valladolid. He became prior of Guadalupe in 1621, and later definitor and visitor. He was minister at Narvacan in 1611 and of the Tagál villages of Calumpit, Bauan, and Guiguinto until his death in 1659. See Pérez's _Catálogo_, p. 94.
[66] Fray Luis Ronquillo, nephew of Governor Gonzalo Ronquillo, was born in the city of Arevalo (Spain), in the province of Avila. He was lecturer in theology, master, and prior of the convent of Arenas. He went to the Philippines in 1624, where he became preacher in 1626, definitor-general in 1628, prior of Manila and master of novitiates in 1638, prior of Tondo and Malate, and definitor of the province in 1632; and was at the missions of Calumpit (1629), Bay (1635), Bulacán (1641), and Pásig (1642). He died at Manila in 1644. See Pérez's _Catálogo_, p. 102.
[67] The census prior to 1893 gave Lubao 20,568 inhabitants.--_Coco_.
Its present civilized population according to Bulletin No. 1 (_ut supra_) is 19,063.
[68] Doubtless a mistake of the author, for Manila is about three hundred and twenty miles from Iloílo.--_Coco_.
[69] Today (1893) administered by seculars, to whom the Augustinians ceded it.--_Coco_.
[73] The island of Guimarás, today (1893) in charge of seculars.--_Coco_.
[74] The present province of Antique.--_Coco_.
[75] The Chinese call their country Song-Song.--_Coco_.
[76] "_Manguianes._--The heathen, unaffiliated natives inhabiting the interior of Mindoro, Romblon, and Tablas. Manguian (forest people) is a collective, name of different languages and races. According to R. Jordana, the Manguianes of Mindoro are divided into four branches, one of which, Bukil or Buquel, is a bastard race of Negritos, while a second in external appearance reminds one of Chinese Mestizos, and on that account it is to be regarded as a Mongoloid type. The other two are pure Malay." (Blumentritt's "Native Tribes of the Philippines," in _Smithsonian Report,_ 1899, p. 541.)