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Haiti. May 14 to 16 they were again at Manneville, and on May 

 26 were at Furcy in the hills back of Port-au-Prince, in a region 

 almost entirely cut over with only occasional pines. They collected 

 here on Morne Tranchant, on Morne St. Vincent, and on other 

 eminences in this much-broken country. About the middle of June 

 they moved to Petionville where they were located from June 15 

 to 28, and on July 4 arrived again on Gonave Island, this time land- 

 ing at Picmy on the south coast a short distance west of the south- 

 eastern point. Here there were a few palm trees where Doctor Ab- 

 bott sought the mythical : ' Dulus nuchalis" and collected the speci- 

 mens from which the Gonave palm-chat has been described. Abbott 

 and Leonard remained here until July 9, and on July 10 landed on 

 Petite Gonave Island, where they found ragged coral rocks and occa- 

 sional sandy beaches with a lagoon bordered by mangroves in the 

 center. Following this they returned to Port-au-Prince and con- 

 tinued north by way of Cap Haitien leaving the island at the end 

 of July. 



At the end of November, 1920, Doctor Abbott returned to His- 

 paniola, this time to the Dominican Kepublic. Until about Decem- 

 ber 12 he was at Sanchez and then removed to Samana, working over 

 familiar ground at Laguna from December 17 to 24, and at 

 Samana December 27 to 30. After a second stay at Sanchez 

 he moved to Villa Riva, or Rivas, on the railroad line to La Vega 

 for a few days, and on January 19 was at Pimentel. January 

 28 he was collecting at Cotui, remaining there until February 

 7. Collections in the savannas of the two latter localities brought 

 specimens of the grasshopper sparrow and thick-knee. From Feb- 

 ruary 13 to 21 he was at Guayubin on the Rio Yaqui del Norte not 

 far from Monte Cristi, and February 23 to March 1 he worked at 

 Mao where a specimen of Antrostomus cubanensis ekmani was taken. 

 He located at Navarrete March 3 to 6, and then from March 9 to 

 14 was at Sanchez, and from March 16 to 20 at Samana. A trip 

 through the end of the Samana Peninsula covered Rojo Cabo March 

 23 and 24, Cape Samana March 25 and 26, Lajana, a small settlement 

 4 kilometers south of Puerto Rincon, March 27, Puerto Frances, 

 March 28 and 29, and Las Cacaos a little village 9 kilometers east 

 of Sanchez March 30 and 31. There followed a journey to the south- 

 ern shores of Samana Bay, where he located at San Gabriel Island 

 April 5 and collected in this neighborhood until April 11, with a 

 visit to a second spot known as La Llanada, this time just west of San 

 Gabriel island. He returned to Samana then, collecting at Hato 

 Viejo on the Old Heart River 15 kilometers northwest of Samana 

 near Port Limon from April 19 to 23. He was at Samana April 

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