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or races related to, but differentiated by isolation from, the forms found on the 

 neighboring islands. At first, certain of the so-called conservative zoologists 

 objected at the making of such a large number of new species. Time, however, 

 has justified Garman's work to a large extent. 



Since the original writing of this paper Mrs. Barbour and I again visited 

 Cuba (January-March, 1910) for the purpose of filhng as many gaps as possible 

 in the collection l^y collecting at localities in the island from which there was 

 previously no material in the Museum. Cuban material is peculiarly important 

 in tliis connection because of the close relationship of many Bahaman and Haitian 

 species with those on Cuba. There has been question as to the identity or dis- 

 tinctness of these, and there are also many interesting and important points 

 regarding the relative abundance and local distribution of species within the 

 island. I left for Havana January 30th, and went directly to Soledad estate, 

 near Cienfuegos, where I received the kind hospitality of Mr. Edwin F. Atkins 

 and his family; and much aid, especially from Mr. R. M. Grey, who is in charge 

 of the Harvard Botanical Station, and Captain Beal, of Colonia Guabairo 

 who was more than kind to Mrs. Barbour and myself. From Soledad we re- 

 turned to Havana, and were joined by Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Bremer. To Dr. 

 Bremer I owe many thanks for his aid to my collecting. Together we visited 

 Herradura, San Diego de los Banos, and the city and vicinity of Pinar del Rio, 

 then later Madruga. We returned to Cambridge on March 15th. The notes 

 on these specimens have been incorporated into the paper which was previously 

 written. In connection with this Cuban trip, it is a great pleasure to thank 

 my old friend. Dr. Aristides Mestre, Assistant Professor in the University of 

 Havana, and Dr. Carlos de la Torre, Professor in the University of Havana, 

 for much kiixd advice and other aid, as well as for some very valuable books and 

 specimens. 



A delay in the publication of the paper enables me to include the results of 

 my stay in Cuba during January-March, 1913. Prof. W. M. Wheeler and Mr. 

 Louis A. Shaw were with me for the first two weeks and during the entire excursion 

 I had the very great advantage and pleasure of the company of Dr. de la Torre and 

 of his assistant Mr. V. J. Rodriguez. Upon this trip we devoted some attention 

 to birds and mammals with uniform good fortune since many of the rarest and 

 most interesting species were secured. Our first trip from Havana was to Bolon- 

 dron where we were hospitably entertained by Mr. Edwin F. Sanborn at the 

 Ingenio Armonia, from here we reached the edge of the Cienaga de Zapata at 

 Hato Jicarito. From Bolondi'on we went to Aguada de Pasajeros which we made 



