THE BIRDS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 31 



In early November, 1923, Doctor Abbott was again at Sanchez 

 where he collected plants from November 4 to 8, and then removed 

 to Samana until November 12. November 15 and 16 he was again at 

 Jovero, and then moved to the little settlement of Guarabo on the 

 trail to the east behind Cape Rafael, where he remained until No- 

 vember 24 working the adjacent area including Monte Redondo, an 

 isolated hill about 300 meters high, near the cape, that serves as a 

 landmark for the entrance to Samana Bay from the southward. At 

 this time there was one small clearing on the west base, the re- 

 mainder being forested with much indication of damage by hurri- 

 canes. He located at Punta Jicaco November 29 to December 1, was 

 at Jovero December 4 to 6, and then returned to Samana. On De- 

 cember 14 he visited a long ridge rising to an altitude of 600 meters 

 that crosses the base of the peninsula of Cabo Cabron that is known 

 locally as Loma de Traverzada. December 17 to 19 he was at 

 Samana and December 24 to 28 at Sanchez, this completing his in- 

 vestigations on the island which had covered all of the important 

 areas. 



On April 1, 1917, Mr. J. B. Henderson, regent of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, and Dr. Paul Bartsch, Curator of Mollusks in the 

 United States National Museum, came to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 

 and were engaged until near the end of that month in collecting 

 mollusks through an area extending along the coast from Jeremie to 

 St. Marc, and inland through the Cul-de-Sac region. Doctor 

 Bartsch, interested always in the bird-life about him, made daily 

 entries in his journal of the birds that he observed, and as oppor- 

 tunity offered collected birds for specimens, preserving part as skins 

 and part entire in alcohol. The detailed itinerary of this party fol- 

 lows: Petionville, April 1; Thomazeau, April 2; Glore, April 3; 

 Trou Caiman, April 4; Petit Goave, April 8 and 9; Miragoane, 

 April 9 ; Jeremie, April 10 to 12 ; Trou des Roseaux, April 13 and 14 ; 

 Jeremie, April 15 and 16 ; Port-au-Prince, April 19 ; Port-au-Prince 

 to St. Marc and return April 21 and 22; Cul-de-Sac region, April 

 24; salt flats north of Port-au-Prince, April 25; near Port-au-Prince, 

 April 25 to 28. The more than eighty birds taken during this period 

 are sufficient indication of Doctor Bartsch's energy, in view of his 

 occupation with the collection of mollusks which was the main object 

 of the expedition. From his specimens he described a new form of 

 yellow rail, Porzana flaviventer hendersoni, while there were included 

 as well several migrant birds not previously recorded or little known 

 in the island. He has placed at our disposal his manuscript notes 

 from which numerous records of value have been taken. 



During March and April, 1925, Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., accom- 

 panied by Mrs. Miller, was occupied in work in Haiti principally in 

 the cave deposits near L'Atalaye which had been located four years 



