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Birds olpservQd on Lake Snricuillo 
October 1-6, 1919. 
Gang) v/as at 
dry foot hill - all 
village of hiiverge, about tliree miles from lake on 
between village and lake v;as irrigated land and 
sv/aming with mosquitoes. 
so that camping* nearer the lake v/as impossible. 
Coimtry is serni arid - many species of cacti, cereus, etc. and 
acacia trees. The large tall fan palms, the leaves of v/hich are used 
for baskets, screens, etc. are very plentiful - probably mostly planted. 
There was a la.ri[;e area of swamp land along shores of lake and this 
abounded in water birds - sandpipers of rnan^/ kinds. 
liails must be very common from all the noise they make - fev^ seen 
Probably a very good place for birds is at Lake Hincon - the tower 
of Cabral stands on west side, one mile from water - Cabral is 12 miles 
from Barahona by good road (in dry weather). 
Camp at far side of Cabral (from Baraliona) across river, by an 
irrigation ditch of excellent water - in am enclosure by a cane mill. A 
large area of grass and reeds at Lake iiincori, not much open w-ater - plenty 
of canoes available. 
Lake Limon (a long march 6-7 hours, east of Luverge) said to 
have many birds - mosquitoes and sandflies reported as very bad there. 
Luverge is about 24 miles from Cabral - Hot dry march - water mostly^ 
brackish, two or three places an route - can be motored but road very bad. 
