THE BIRDS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 19 



first crossbills. The following morning at his camp in a little valley 

 he records that the ground was white with frost. He remained in 

 this vicinity working the high slopes, until March 4 when he left for 

 Tubano, arriving the following day. On March 10 he was again in 

 his former camp at the head of the Yaque, on this day collecting nine 

 crossbills. March 13 he moved to Tortillos, a short distance east on 

 the Rio Blanco, returning to his former camp March 15. Four days 

 later he set out for Tubano, continued to Azua on March 21, and on 

 March 24 arrived in Santo Domingo City. Following this he made 

 a trip to St. Thomas and other islands east of Porto Hico, returning 

 to Santo Domingo City May 21. On June 11, 1917 he came to Les 

 Cayes, Haiti (frequently called Aux Cayes in English writings) and 

 continued that evening to Port-a-Piment a short distance west. On 

 June 15 he moved to Les Anglais, his objective being the ascent of 

 Morne La Hotte. June 18 he proceeded inland up a steep slope where 

 he found coffee growing to 1200 meters, and at noon reached the last 

 available water above the highest native hut. Beyond there were no 

 trails and. progress was impeded by trees blown down by a recent 

 hurricane. On the following day he laboriously cut a trail to the 

 top of a long ridge running toward the highest peak in the vicinity 

 and continued along this to two pines. On returning to his camp at 

 noon he found that his men had deserted him. On June 21 he 

 moved to another site, the following day cutting a trail up to the 

 pines. June 24 he climbed again to the summit of the ridge near 

 the base of the peak, returning on June 26 to Port-a-Piment. On 

 July 1 he returned again to the interior, and July 4 cut another trail 

 along the ridges toward the peak. On July 6 he returned to Port-a- 

 Piment, and on the following day was in Les Cayes. July 12 he 

 continued to Navassa Island where he remained until July 19, pro- 

 ceeding then to Cuba. Dr. F. M. Chapman has described several 

 new forms from Beck's collection and has courteously allowed full 

 use of the Beck material in the present report. Beck's itinerary as 

 given above is taken from his manuscript journals, available through 

 the kindness of Doctor Chapman and Doctor Murphy of the American 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Dr. Glover M. Allen of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, while 

 collecting reptiles and other material in Haiti in 1919, secured a few 

 birds at Dumai which he says (in a letter) is a plantation a few kilo- 

 meters from Port-au-Prince on August 7, and near Lake Enriquillo 

 August 14. 



Mr. J. S. Brown and Mr. W. S. Burbank, during field studies con- 

 cerned with a geological survey of the Republic of Haiti, on March 

 4 and 5, 1921 visited the caves at L'Atalaye, near St. Michel, to ex- 

 amine the deposits of guano there found. (Pis. 11 and 12.) In the 



