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fauna whose presence hitherto had been entirely unsuspected. Octo- 

 ber 4 to 9 he made El Rio his base for operations, and from October 

 11 to 16 was at Jarabacoa at a much lower elevation. Following this 

 he returned to Sanchez where he collected from October 20 to 24. 



On returning again to the island in 1917 he began work in the 

 Republic of Haiti, landing at the end of January at Port-de-Paix on 

 the north coast. On January 30 he crossed to Tortue Island, where he 

 remained until February 8, securing the first ornithological collections 

 to be made on this island, and finding there a peculiar vireo (Vireo 

 crassirostris tortugae) with its near relatives in the Bahama Islands 

 to the north. He collected at Port-de-Paix February 12, and from 

 February 16 to 22 was located on the coast at Riviere Bar, at the 

 mouth of a small stream about 10 kilometers east of Port-de-Paix. 

 On February 24 he was again in Port-de-Paix, and continued at the 

 beginning of March to Moustique, inland from Cabaret on the Baie 

 des Moustiques, not far from the center of the northwestern penin- 

 sula, where he remained from March 2 to 12, except for March 9 

 when he was at Port-a-Piment on the southern side of this peninsula. 

 March 19 he was at Mole St. Nicolas, and from March 21 to 27 worked 

 on the elevated plateau at Bombardopolis. March 29 and 30 he was at 

 Jean Rabel, and March 31 and April 1 was again on the Baie des 

 Moustiques, reaching Port-de-Paix on April 4. He collected on 

 Tortue again April 6 to 8, and from April 14 to 17 was working once 

 more at Port-de-Paix. From April 25 to 27 he was occupied in the 

 vicinity of Cap-Ha'itien. 



At the beginning of May Doctor Abbott again traveled west along 

 the northern coast, collecting at Baie des Moustiques May 4 to 8, and 

 at Petit Port a l'Ecu May 9, the latter being a short distance east of 

 Port a l'Ecu. May 12 he was at Trois Rivieres on the coast, a few 

 kilometers east of Port-de-Paix. From May 16 to 20 he was again on 

 Tortue collecting further specimens. In work on this island he 

 camped at La Vallee and Basse Terre, both on the south coast, and 

 from here made excursions to all parts of the island. The southeast- 

 ern section near the coast is densely inhabited, with less cultivation 

 elsewhere. May 30 to June 3 he was once more at Jean Rabel, June 13 

 and 14 he was again at Port-de-Paix, June 26 to 28 at Petit Port a 

 l'Ecu, and June 29 on Tortue. This completed investigations for this 

 expedition. 



In November, 1917, Doctor Abbott returned to Haiti for investiga- 

 tions in the southern part of the Republic, where his work centered 

 for a time about Jeremie. He collected there assiduously from No- 

 vember 18 to December 20, making an excursion to the caves at La 

 Grotte about 12 kilometers southwest from December 8 to 9. From 

 December 18 to 24 he was located at Moron on the head waters of the 



