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Sanchez, San Domingo. 
April 1st 1919 
Dear Riclmiond 
I am leaving 4 boxes (kerosene cases) of specimens here 
to be shipped to New York b^r the first available steamer — Probably the 
"Huron” in about 10 da^'^stine. /the eggs of the ” S i gu/ a** ( Du lu s domi nige 
censis) are there at last, one occupied nest with 4 eggs (spotted) 
& 5 (not yet iised ) nests were in a community house 25 feet from •& 
ground in a royal palm^ ^ eggs of Geotr^rgo n mo nt an a (ruddy grd. 
dove) which proves not to nest on the ground at all, but on a bunch 
of "wild pineapple" (Tillandsia) 6-8 feet from H#? ground on the trunk 
of a good sized tree. Saw several nests all in same situation-- This 
is a good discovery as the habit may serve to preser\''e the bird from 
extermina.tion bj^ the rapidly spreading mongoose. I Am hoping to leave 
for the interior on the 3d. Two Samana boys go v/ith me as I dont 
speak Spanish--One , John King, was up with me to Constanza 2 1/2 
years ago & is glad to go again, as he has a nagging mfe who is malt- 
ing his home hot for him--she is an ugly cross grained bitch, half 
Indian, half Spanish--Hope to put in 2 months in the mountains, will 
probably make Constanza my headquarters & radiate out. Will try to 
do the highest possible levels & ought to find a ggod many new nest- 
ing species at this season. 
sendi/ig a pair of frigates i: some eggs. They are nesting 
on Pelic SiYi Islojidj scutii slior6 of Ssxuanci B -P 6 li c s not nsst- 
ing yet. j^aw one bo oby on the mid channel buoy, but did not have giin 
availablf^ But so far have not done mtich. Lots of species like C. 
inornata & squamosa are nesting, but cant find the nests. Corvus 
leucognaphalus is preparing (I think) but not yet nesting--Thsy & [the 
little x^aroquet Ar at Inga used to be very common here at Sanchez, both 
are now unknown here. Old men tell me that when they were boys, the 
had to v/atch the maize fields here in Samana with a giin against the 
vast flocks of Ar at inga-~Ths2'’' are now absent from this section tho 
still co:nmon in the interior. The Doctor here tells me he saw them 
last week on H . H. coast near Matanzas'H The cominon parrot (Anazona) 
is still coxmmon as it does not dex^redate on the maize fields. 
'he ye 1 1 o w-b i 1 le d cuckoo has been fairly coimnon during the last 
few weeks^-There is not much for Miller except 2 kinds of bats, & a fe 
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