THE BIRDS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN - REPUBLIC 15 



left the island July 8, 1851. Salle gave in the Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society of London for 1857 (pp. 230-237), a considerable 

 account of his ornithological collections, including 61 species. A few 

 of his skins have come through dealers in natural history specimens 

 into the collections of the United States National Museum. He 

 described the vervain hummingbird under the name Ornismia cathe- 

 rinae, and in a sale catalogue of specimens issued in 1861 included a 

 number of birds taken in the Dominican Republic. 



Some time about 1865 P. R. Uhler visited Haiti and secured a 

 few species of birds which were included in Doctor Bryant's report 

 on the Younglove collection mentioned beyond. Seven of his skins 

 that came to the Smithsonian were catalogued on November 17, 1865. 

 One alcoholic specimen transferred later was collected near Jeremie, 

 being a young mockingbird taken at the Grand Anse river on March 

 20, 1865. Nothing further is now known regarding this material or 

 the ornithological collections of this worker. 



William More Gabb came to the Dominican Republic early in the 

 year 1869 at the request of the government of that country, and re- 

 mained until 1872 conducting a geological reconnaissance of the 

 island. He was on the island again in the winter of 1876-1877, to 

 develop a promising mining claim, and came again the following 

 winter but was taken ill and returned to the United States where 

 his health was so broken that he died on May 30, 1878. Gabb col- 

 lected birds in small numbers, and among his specimens that came to 

 the United States National Museum there may be mentioned the type 

 of Lawrencia nana (locality and date not certain), and of two birds 

 in alcohol, a myrtle warbler and a grassquit, secured by a friend, 

 Charles A. Fraser at Puerto Plata. Lawrence in describing Tol- 

 marchus gabbii remarks that the type, which came from Hato Vie jo, 

 was brought by Professor Gabb with eight other species from Santo 

 Domingo, and speaks of further collections that were expected. 



Charles B. Cory collected in Haiti between January 1 and March 

 12, 1881, later publishing an account of his observations in which he 

 enumerates 65 species. He gives no itinerary but records notes and 

 specimens from Port-au-Prince, Fort Jacques, Gonaives, Le Coup, 

 Jacmel, Gantier, Jeremie, fitang Saumatre, and Lake Enriquillo. 

 From data obtained from his recorded specimens it appears that he 

 was at Jacmel January 12 to 26, Gonaives February 10, Le Coup, now 

 called Petionville, February 15 to March 9, Port-au-Prince February 

 17 and 21, Fort Jacques March 3, and Gantier March 6. In the latter 

 part of 1882 Cory returned to the island for work in the Dominican 

 Republic which was continued until September, 1883. He was as- 

 sisted in these investigations by the taxidermist M. Abbott Frazar, 

 but whether both Cory and Frazar were in the field continuously is 



