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Go to San Lorenzo Samana B.
Gabb staid in caves[[?]] here -

Cape Macao & C. Eugand
bones both pelican & Saona ?-

yellow crowned might have, near
Samana & Port de Pais-
Patagianas Squamosa scaly necked Pigeon.
L.366 W.20  J.137
H. & upper neck all around & chest plain dark purple drab to vinaceous slate: nape rich dark purple brown, waving a crescentic or shield shaped patch. Hind neck metallic dull purplish changing to bluish green & violet, the feathers sharply margined w. rich dark purple brown, producing squamate effect. Rest plum or pale
slate, darker in primaries & tail, paler violet. this shading gradually into the purple drab of breast.
B. pale, red, white or yellowish at tip. 
This inner ring scarlet & center of yellow.
Base orbit. space dull red.