No. 11. — Birds from the Northern Coast of the Dominican Republic. 



By James L. Peters. 



Introduction. 



During the winter of \9\i\ I had the pleasure of making an orni- 

 thological reconnaissance of the north coast of the Dominican Republic 

 in the interests of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



Landing at Monte Cristi on February G, I remained there until 

 February 11. On that date, accompanied by two other Americans, 

 I went by automobile to Valverde, forty-five miles up the Yaqui 

 River, where we took horses and proceeded up the valley of the 

 ]\Iao River to Bulla, arriving there about nine in the evening, having 

 picked our way OAer the rocky trail by the light of a half moon. 



Unfortunately circumstances compelled us to return the next 

 morning before we had time to reach more than the outskirts of the 

 pine forests which grow on the hills above Bulla. Arriving at Monte 

 Cristi early in the morning of February 14, work was continued there 

 until February 23 when I took the Clyde Line boat for Puerto Plata, 

 sixty miles to the eastward. 



The next collecting locality was Sosiia, a small village about fifteen. 

 miles east of Puerto Plata where the Sosua Plantations Company is. 

 engaged-in growing bananas. 



I remained there until March 3, when accompanied by Sr. E. J. 

 Cambier of Puerto Plata a pack-trip took us forty miles eastward" 

 along the coast to Cabrera, and from there about twenty miles south- 

 westward into the interior as far as Arroyo Savanna. 



During the trip we stopped at the following localities: 



Gaspar Hernandez, March 3 and 13. 

 Rio San Juan, March 4 and 12. 

 Cabrera, March 5, 7 and 1 1 . 

 Arro\o Salado, March (j. 

 Arroyo Savanna, March 8 and 9. 

 Los Toritos, March 10. 



Returning to Sosua, March 14, I. remained there until the date of 

 my departure from the island, April 11, with the exception of three 



