NO. 5 MAMMALS FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MILLER 3 



though pellets of the living bird were abundant in one of the chambers. 

 This may be the " Cueva del Templo " of Rodriguez (Geografia 

 fisica, politica e historica de la Isla de Santo Domingo o Haiti, p. 367, 

 Santo Domingo City, 1915). 



2. Boca del Infierno. — Two large caves, one in each of the pro- 

 jecting points at the locality marked Pta. de Boca del Infierno on the 

 Hydrographic Office chart of Samana Bay. 



The larger cave is in the smaller, inner point. It has been extensively 

 worked for guano, but some of the original floor material remains. 

 Near the outer entrance there is a small kitchenmidden. A few leg 

 bones of extinct rodents were found in this cave, but no skulls or jaws. 



At the inner entrance to the other cave we found the remnant of 

 a kitchenmidden left intact by the guano diggers. From this deposit 

 we unearthed bones of both the " quemi " and the ground sloth, 

 mammals whose remains have not been found elsewhere among the 

 Indian refuse. 



These caves appear to be, respectively, the " Boca del Infierno " 

 and the " Cueva del Infierno " of Rodriguez. It is probable that in 

 one or the other of them Gabb collected the bones of Plagiodontia 

 that I recorded in 191 6. 



3. San Gabriel. — An islet about two miles west of Boca del Infierno. 

 Most of its interior is occupied by a large cave, the floor of which 

 slopes rather steeply upward from an opening on the south side facing 

 the shore to another on the north side overlooking Samana Bay. 

 There is a large kitchenmidden near the lower entrance, and a deposit 

 made by the extinct owl on the left side of the passage leading up 

 to the north aperture. 



4. Rio Naranjo Abajo. — A kitchenmidden was found on a nearly 

 level rock ledge, perhaps one- fourth acre in extent, on a key lying 

 about half a mile east of the stream mouth. 



These four localities are all on the south shore of Samana Bay in 

 the region known as the Playa Honda coast. Rodriguez describes 

 the caves under the general title : " Cuevas de los Haitis." 



5. Anadel. — A large village site at a stream mouth on the north 

 shore of Samana Bay about i| miles east of Santa Barbara de Samana. 



6. Rio San Juan. — Another large village site on the Samana Penin- 

 sula. It lies at the point where the Rio San Juan flows into the 

 Atlantic Ocean, almost directly north of Santa Barbara de Samana. 



7 and 8. Kilometer 2 site and Kilometer 4 site. — Two very extensive 

 village sites in the foothills of the mountains southeast of Monte 

 Cristi. Both of these localities differ from those in the Samana Bay 

 region in being situated in the semiarid portion of the island. 



