30 BULLETIN" 15 5, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



25, and Sanchez April 28 to May 1. His work was concluded in 

 Puerto Plata May 7. 



January 3, 1922, found Doctor Abbott again in Sanchez. January 

 8 to 10 he moved to Samana, and January 11 to 14 was once more in 

 Sanchez. Following this came an extended journey to the Barahona 

 district in the southwestern part of the Republic where he worked 

 on the Sierra de Bahoruco. He was at Barahona January 23 to 24, 

 and at Paradis, a village on the seashore 31 kilometers southeast of 

 Barahona January 28 to February 5 and again on February 18. 

 Work here extended to Herman's coffee plantation at an elevation of 

 450 meters in the hills. February 8 to 14 he located at Trujin on 

 the shore of a large salt lagoon, and February 15 to 17 at Petit Trou, 

 also called Enriquillo, on the coast. Following this he entered the 

 Sierra de Bahoruco, visiting Polo at an elevation of 600 meters 

 from February 26 to March 13. From here he explored the Loma 

 del Cielo about 1200 meters high finding a rain-forest at the summit, 

 and Loma Le Haut, of about the same elevation. The solitaire was 

 common in these sections. From March 15 to 18 he was at Cabral 

 on the Laguna Rincon, where he reported the most extensive reed 

 beds he had seen on the island, covering several thousand acres. Here 

 he obtained the short-eared owl, and various water birds. 



Returning to Sanchez for work March 30 and 31, he continued 

 to San Francisco de Macoris and from there made a pack trip to 

 Loma Quita Espuela from April 5 to 14, where his work centered 

 about a clearing known as La Brazita on the southern slopes, and 

 covered the area to the top of the mountain. April 17 he had re- 

 turned to San Francisco de Macoris, April 20 to Sanchez and April 

 23 to Samana, when he crossed to the south shore of Samana Bay 

 for work at San Gabriel and San Lorenzo April 26 to May 2. May 

 5 and 6 he was at Samana, May 9 and 15 at Laguna, May 17 to 20 

 at Samana, and May 24 to 30 at Sanchez, which concluded his work 

 for the season. 



Two brief trips by Doctor Abbott to the Dominican Republic were 

 made in 1923. The first came in the early part of the year and took 

 him to new country to the eastward of San Lorenzo Bay, a region 

 hitherto inaccessible. From February 1 to 7 he was at Jovero on 

 the coast and then moved ten kilometers inland along the trail to 

 Seibo to a little clearing called El Liar where he remained from Feb- 

 ruary 8 to 16. Beyond this point there was extensive virgin forest 

 with the hills of the eastern extension of the Cordillera Central 

 above. February 18 to 20 he was again at Jovero, and from Feb- 

 ruary 22 to 27 remained at Las Canitas (a common place name in the 

 Dominican Republic), located about thirty kilometers east of Jovero, 

 near the shore of Samana Bay. March 2 he was in Samana, and 

 March 6 to 13 collected near Sanchez. 



