sentences:  During his visit, he collected specimens and made notes on the plants and animals.Based on these notes, the ornithologist John Ray published a short description of the Greater Antillean grackle in 1713, using the Latin name "Monedula tota nigra" but it was not until 1725, more than 35 years after his visit, that Sloane himself published a description of the grackle.He reported that it was common on the road between St. Jago de la Vega (Spanish Town) and Passage-Fort (Portmore).