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Co., near Terrier Rouge, where we were hospitably received by Mr. 

 and Mrs. R. L. Pettigrew and were given quarters in the guest house, 

 which was on an eminence overlooldng the bay at Fort Liberte. 

 The thorny scrubs of the level plain had been cleared from an area 

 of 7,500 acres to allow the planting of sisal, and a further clearing of 

 like extent was at the time under way. On March 27 and 30, we 

 visited the low, double-pointed hill called Morne des Mammelles 

 (pi. 1), located a short distance west of the bay, being the only 

 eminence in an otherwise level landscape, where we found the flat- 

 billed vireo and the piculet. On March 29 we went by launch to old 

 Fort La Bouque at the entrance of the bay. Birds were abundant all 

 through this region. On March 31 we returned to Port-au-Prince, 

 stopping en route at Pont de I'Estere to secure a specimen of the 

 tawny-shouldered blackbird and of the thick-knee. 



Through the courtesy of Colonel Cutts and Maj. J. E. Davis, 

 U.S.M.C., in the early morning of April 3 the senior author made a 

 reconnaissance by air of the La Hotte Mountain Range at the western 

 end of the Tiburon Peninsula with Sergt. R. A. Trevelyan as pilot. 

 We left the flying field at Port-au-Prince at sunrise, traveling west 

 along the coast, and then crossing to Aux Cayes, which gave a point 

 of departure for the trip into the interior. Fortunately the morning 

 was clear, as the peaks of La Hotte are ordinarily hidden in clouds, 

 and the mountain came into sight as soon as we had crossed the 

 center of the peninsula, bulking on the horizon high above any of the 

 other ranges. Beyond Camp Perrin we turned directly toward La 

 Hotte, crossing above a wonderful stand of dense rain forest that 

 covered the eastern and southeastern slopes of the mountain, beginning 

 apparently at about 1,000 meters altitude or higher. Obviously the 

 section was one of heavy rainfall. To the north of the mountain were 

 rolling ridges with considerable human habitation. Crossing over 

 Desbarriere, Trevelyan turned directly toward the north face of the 

 mountain, flying above a deep intervening valley. The northern 

 slope of the Pic de Macaya was covered with pine forest of large size, 

 without sign of trails or human habitation. A deep valley separated 

 Pic du Formon from Macaya, the tree growth there being dense and 

 principally rain forest. La Grande Colline, the third peak in the 

 mountain complex, lower in elevation than the other two, was covered 

 principally with pine. Traveling first at a few hundred feet elevation 

 to get the lay of the land, we later descended so that the airplane 

 traversed the deep intervening valleys and crossed the highest points 

 of all three peaks only a few feet above the trees. On the northwest 

 point of Macaya, the highest of the three, was a small clearing made 

 by Engineur Dejour the year previous. We crossed and recrossed 

 over slopes whose wild beauty it is difficult to describe, looking down 

 into the dark, wet depths of jungle, where there was no indication 



