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other officers of the Gendarmerie. Thanks are due to the air service 

 of the Marine Corps for transportation to and from Cap-Haitien by 

 plane, a courtesy that enabled a view of the northern part of the 

 republic not otherwise possible in the time at hand. 



Dr. George F. Freeman, Directeur General of the Service Tech- 

 nique du Departement de l'Agriculture, was deeply interested in 

 the work and afforded every facility to further it, and with Mrs. 

 Freeman extended the hospitality of his home in Port-au-Prince, 

 besides assisting most materially in work throughout the country. 

 To Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Arndt, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Boog-Scott 

 thanks are due for hospitable entertainment at Fonds-des-Negres 

 and Hinche, respectively, while to Dr. William R. Barbour thanks 

 must be returned for the arrangements that permitted work in the 

 north at Poste Charbert. Dr. G. N. Wolcott thoughtfully arranged 

 several local excursions about Port-au-Prince, and other assistance 

 came from Dr. Carl Colvin, Dr. A. E. Vinson, and Mr. M. J. Perry 

 of the Service Technique. Dr. E. L. Ekman, the botanist, was a 

 pleasant companion during an excursion to La Selle, his knowledge 

 of the country and of the people rendering comparatively simple 

 a task otherwise somewhat difficult. 



In Santo Domingo City Mr. Evan E. Young, American Minis- 

 ter, was most helpful in giving advice, and in arranging for per- 

 mits necessary before field work could be begun. These were granted 

 most expeditiously and considerately by Senor Luis Ginebra, at 

 that time Secretario de Estado del Interior, Policia, Guerra y 

 Marina. Earlier assistance in these matters had been courteously 

 rendered by Senor Angel Morales, Minister from the Dominican 

 Republic in Washington, and by Lie. Ramon O. Lovaton, Minister 

 from the Dominican Republic in Port-au-Prince. At La Vega 

 valuable assistance was obtained through the governor of the prov- 

 ince, Senor Teofilo Cordero y Bido in arrangements for a trip to 

 Constanza. Finally thanks must be returned to many persons who 

 rendered hospitality during travel in regions not too plentifully sup- 

 plied with hotel and other accommodations without whose friendly 

 aid the journey would have been difficult or impossible. 



In work on collections during the preparation of this report speci- 

 mens have been examined in the Field Museum in Chicago, the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, and the American 

 Museum of Natural History in New York City, and necessary ma- 

 terial has been received in loan from these institutions, as well as 

 from Mr. J. H. Fleming of Toronto, who further supplied a list of 

 specimens from the Dominican Republic collection secured from the 

 field work of Verrill. Dr. Frank M. Chapman permitted examina- 

 tion of material in the Beck collections, and Dr. Robert Cushman 



