ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF HAITI AND THE 

 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 



By Alexander Wetmore 



Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution 



and 



Frederick C. Lincoln 



Biologist, Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture 



INTRODUCTION 



In continuation of biological studies in Hispaniola under the 

 Smithsonian Institution, we were engaged in field investigations in 

 Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the spring of 1931, being oc- 

 cupied principally with birds but making supplementary observations 

 in other fields as opportunity presented. Our principal objective 

 was the exploration of certain areas from which information and 

 specimens were particularly needed. The expenses of field work were 

 borne by the Smithsonian Institution, with certain assistance from 

 Dr. W. L. Abbott, whose interest in this region has been of long 

 standing. The Bureau of Biological Survey of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture cooperated in this work through the detail 

 of the junior author, particularly to permit study of the spring migra- 

 tion among migrant birds from North America on this interesting 

 island. 



ITINERARY 



We arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the morning of March 22, 

 1931, landing from the Panama Steamship Line S.S. Ancon in the 

 blaze of morning sunshine usual at this season of the year. Through 

 the courtesy of Captain Davis, captain of the port, our equipment 

 was expeditiously passed through customs, and we were soon com- 

 fortably established ashore. At noon with friends we visited Kenskoff , 

 driving up by automobile, to make our first observations, in part 

 over a trail traversed laboriously on foot during an earlier visit by 

 Wetmore in 1927. 



Through the courtesy of the authorities, necessary permits for our 

 work and other details were soon arranged. On March 25 we traveled 

 by automobile with S. W. Parish to Cap-Haitien, and continued 

 next day to the sisal plantation of the Haitian American Development 



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