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BIRDS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI. By Steven Latta, Christopher Rimmer, Allan Keith, James Wiley, Herbert Raffaele, Kent McFarland, and Eladio Fernandez. Barry Kent MacKay, Tracy Pedersen, and Kristin Williams, principal illustrators. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. 2006: vii + 258 pages, 57 color plates, 2 detailed maps, 1 line drawing, and numerous range maps. ISBN: 978-0-691-11890-1, $75.00 (cloth). ISBN 978-0-69111891-8 $35 (paper).-Mention the Dominican Republic (DR) to most Americans and they think of Albert Pujols or any number of excellent baseball players from that tiny country. To the knowledgeable tropical birder, though, thoughts of the DR immediately bring to mind 31 endemic species and literally dozens of endemic subspecies found on that island. Among the endemics are such unusual forms as Palmchat (Dulus dominicus), Least Parauque (Siphonorhis brewsteri), and Baybreasted Cuckoo (Coccvzms rufigularis), plus an assortment of ground-tanagers, palm-tanagers, chat-tanagers, todies, and crows. Fortunately, most of these species are still reasonably common and can be found in the many new national parks and preserves that have been developed in the DR in recent years. Although a budding ecotourism industry catering to birders has developed in recent years, the Dominican Republic still seems fairly safe for an independent traveler who can speak a little Spanish (albeit Spanish that seems to function without the letter s). With this new...