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inland from La Vega, and situated in the heart of the wild and 

 unsettled mountains of the island." His work was terminated by 

 an attack of typhoid fever that nearly cost his life. His account 

 of the birds was published in collaboration with A. E. Verrill. 



James Lee Peters, traveling for the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, began ornithological investigations at Monte Cristi, Do- 

 minican Republic, on February 6, 1916. From February 11 to 14 

 he was occupied in a journey to Bulla in the valley of the Rio Mao, 

 proceeding by way of Valverde, where he reached the edge of the pine 

 forests. On February 23 he proceeded by water to Puerto Plata 

 and located at Sosiia, 25 kilometers to the east. On March 3 he be- 

 gan a pack trip to the eastward, during which he collected at Gaspar 

 Hernandez March 3 and 13, Rio San Juan March 4 and 12, Cabrera 

 March 5, 7 and 11, Arroyo Savanna March 8 and 9, and Los Toritos 

 March 10. From March 24 to 26 he was at Choco, in the hills a 

 short distance south of Sosiia, and on April 5 visited El Batey, 

 returning to Sosiia by way of Cabarate. He left the island on 

 March 11. His investigations are detailed in a report on birds from 

 the northern coast of the Dominican Republic published in the 

 Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 



In the same year Rollo H. Beck, on an extended collecting trip to 

 secure specimens for the Brewster-Sanf ord collection in the American 

 Museum of Natural History, touched at San Pedro de Macoris 

 September 23, 1916, and arrived that same day at Santo Domingo 

 City. He collected in that vicinity until October 26 when he pro- 

 ceeded by water to Sanchez arriving the following day. On Novem- 

 ber 20 he crossed Samana Bay to San Lorenzo, and on November 27 

 removed to La Vega, where he remained until December 10, when he 

 returned to Sanchez, and on December 18 arrived once more in 

 Santo Domingo City. On December 29 he came to Tiibano in the 

 Province of Azua, and on January 1, 1917 started on an expedition 

 into the mountains of the interior. He ascended Loma Tina to its 

 summit on January 3, and on January 11 was on the high ridge 

 separating the valleys of Tiibano and Constanza. On January 16 he 

 was at Tiibano, and on January 26 visited La Caiiita. January 31 he 

 set out again for the mountains, following a branch of the Rio de los 

 Cuevos toward Loma Pelone Blanco, known locally as Ultima Cie- 

 naga, and February 2 ascended that mountain. February 6 he re- 

 turned to Tiibano remaining until February 21 when he started on a 

 trip to Loma Rucillo. His trail led over the range above the Rio de 

 los Cuevos, across the Rio Medio and up a steep slope for about 8 

 kilometers to the settlement of La Caiiita, the second of that name 

 in his itinerary, the other being below Tiibano. On February 23 he 

 crossed to the head of the Rio Yaque del Sur and there secured his 



