THE BIRDS OP HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 37 



size and vegetation this was similar to the neighboring Tercero Is- 

 land. At the north and east were extensive reefs exposed at low 

 tide, which were attractive to shore birds. They did not land on 

 Arenas Island but passed near enough to observe that it was identi- 

 cal with the others in form and vegetation. On February 5 the 

 party returned to Fort Liberte, with a collection representative of 

 the bird life of the islands as well as numerous other specimens. 

 Terns nest there but at this season had not yet come in to their 

 breeding grounds, it being reported by fishermen that they appeared 

 in May. The golden warbler and migrant sandpipers and plovers 

 were the most abundant birds. 



At Fort Liberte birds were abundant and the collectors remained 

 there for some time securing an excellent collection. February 20 

 they left for Cap-Haitien, and continued on February 23 to St. 

 Marc. Here they collected in the hills back of town, and near the 

 Artibonite River at Pont Sonde, which is just north of the Artibo- 

 nite River on the road to Dessalines. February 27 they left in a 

 sailboat for Gonave Island, landing at Anse a Galets the following 

 day, and on March 2 moved back into the interior of the island to 

 the section called En Cafe, a nine hours' journey to explore in caves, 

 and make collections of birds and reptiles. March 9 and 10 they 

 were at Massacrin, and March 11 and 12 at Plaine Mapou. March 

 13 they returned to Anse a Galets. Their instructions were to collect 

 principally in the interior of the island as previous work had been 

 done mainly on the coast. March 17 they arrived at Hinche where 

 they were given assistance by Mr. J. E. Boog-Scott, and on the 

 day following came to Cerca-la-Source. They located camp here 

 near a large cave 8 kilometers from the village where they were 

 occupied until March 29, this concluding their field work on the 

 island, as they sailed for the north from Port-au-Prince on April 

 3. Their collections are important both for remains of extinct an- 

 imals from new sites, and for the birds obtained from localities 

 hitherto unknown. Three North American migrants secured were 

 new to the avifauna of the island. Their work was materially 

 assisted by Gen. John M. Russell, American High Commissioner, 

 Dr. George F. Freeman, head of the Service Technique, and many 

 friendly officers in the United States Marine Corps and the Haitian 

 Gendarmerie. 



DISCUSSION OF THE AVIFAUNA 



The total list of forms of birds at present known from Hispaniola 

 and the islands adjacent, including Navassa, Gonave, Tortue, and 

 Saona is 215, while there are 13 additional that have been recorded 

 but on such questionable grounds that their occurrence is uncertain 



