ART. 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIRDS — WETMORE AND LINCOLN 7 



continue farther, but heavy rain made it inexpedient to attempt the 

 steep climb out of tliis valley, and we remained until the following day. 

 At noon on April 23 the last of the outfit reached Amiel, and we con- 

 tinued to the north of Desbarriere over trails that alternated in liquid 

 mud and rock. That night we camped at Bois Lacombe, and con- 

 tinued on April 24 through Les Caves to Les Glaces, where we made 

 camp above the crossing of the stream. On April 25 we reached Post 

 Avance, and the following noon were at Camp Perrin, where we trans- 

 ferred our outfit to a decrepit motor truck and continued to Aux 

 Cayes. 



On April 27, through the courtesy of Lieut. Charles Klein, in com- 

 mand of the Garde d'Haiti at Aux Cayes, we were given the use of a 

 launch, and in it we crossed to lie a Vache, where we made camp back 

 of the sandy beach of the little land-locked harbor of Feret Bay (pi. 3). 

 After the muddy trails of La Hotte it was a welcome sensation to be 

 clean and dry and to walk about on level ground. 



Rolling hills rising 25 to 30 meters cover the western half of the 

 island, while the eastern portion is low and swampy. The coast is 

 irregular, with low cliffs exposed at the headlands and several small 

 bays having sandy beaches. Though much of the island is cultivated, 

 there were numerous tracts of scrub and low forest. Small birds were 

 common, and we were interested to note the presence of Cape May 

 warblers, barn swallows, and other North American migrants. On 

 April 30, S. W. Parish joined us again. On May 1, we returned to 

 Aux Cayes, and continued by automobile to Port-au-Prince, arriving 

 late in the evening. 



On May 5 we went by motor to Jacmel, making collections at 

 several points. The Trouin Valley, through which the road crosses, 

 is of interest as marking the western limit of the Massif de La Selle. 



On May 6 we left by automobile for the Dominican Republic, 

 crossing by way of Las Cahobes and Belladere over a road made diffi- 

 cult by heavy rains. At Comendador, through personal letters from 

 Gen. Rafael Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic, we were 

 courteously received. We continued to San Juan, where we spent the 

 night, and on the next day we followed the main highway east to near 

 Azua, and then turned off for Barahona, entering a dry, desert section 

 grown with a variety of cacti and other desert plants that proved so 

 interesting that it was late in the afternoon before we came down over 

 the rough road through the hills into the canefields filling the valley 

 of the Rio Yaque del Sur. At Barahona, Frank Warmoth, manager 

 for the Barahona Co., devoted to the production of sugar, and his 

 assistants, John L. Segall and George Hamor, received us most hos- 

 pitably and assisted in obtaining a boat for a journey to Beata Island. 

 On May 9 we collected south of Barahona at La Cienaga, 15 kilometers 

 distant, where we found considerable growth of forest. At 7 o'clock 



