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surface rock makes travel extremely difficult. Multitudes of red- 

 footed boobies and frigate birds nested and roosted everywhere, and 

 doves and a vireo were the common land birds. Lizards abounded, 

 and black marine iguanas were reported but were not found. A very 

 fair collection was made in the few hours that it was possible to 

 remain, though the blazing sun over the dry scrub nearly prostrated the 

 collectors. 



On the return to Port-au-Prince a second stop was made at Petite 

 Gonave to secure living iguanas for the National Zoological Park. The 

 native fishermen who live there are very much afraid of these great 

 lizards, but said that they could be captured by putting rum in hollows 

 in the rocks where the iguanas would drink it, making it an easy matter 

 to catch and handle them. The six obtained however were captured 

 by hand, the dangerous attributes of these animals being wholly 

 imaginary. 



The Espcranza sailed from Port-au-Prince for Miami on May 24, 

 leaving Mr. Perrygo to return a few days later on the steamer Ancon 

 to New York. 



In its objective of collecting specimens on remote islands little 

 known zoologically the expedition was singularly successful, the many 

 specimens obtained, particularly of birds and reptiles, forming a valu- 

 able addition to the Haitian collections of the United States National 

 Museum. The birds will be the subject of a special report, and the 

 notes on the reptiles will be included in a complete account of the 

 herpetology of this region. The success of the work was due largely 

 to Mr. Lee H. Parish, who was responsible for the organization and 

 plan, and whose skill as a navigator, and resourcefulness under the 

 trying conditions of this type of travel in waters remote from facili- 

 ties and assistance, made possible the itinerary followed. He assisted 

 constantly in the zoological work, both in collecting and preparation, 

 in addition to his other duties. His untimely death a few months after 

 the close of the trip, on the eve of development of plans for further 

 work of a similar nature, is mourned bv his many friends. 



