( 5) 



and if a bird of that or any other species attempts to feed, it comes down from its 

 perch and always drives the intruder away. It seems that rights of occupation 

 are always respected by humming-birds, and intruders must give way. 



On such occasions I have seen two obstinate 0. stohmanni fly high in the air, 

 there get hold of each other with claw and bill, and come down heavily to the 

 ground, still holding fast, till my gun made an end to the fight, and caused them to 

 be preserved for future reference. 



All Oreotrochili feed while sitting on the flower. 



Other humming-birds seen near Huamachuco are : Patwjona gigas, Lesbia 

 gouldi, Lesbia (the one near victoriue), Metallura smaragdinicollis, and Myrtis 

 fanny. 



CHUSGON (HUAMACHUCO). 



The Hacienda of Chusgon is about eight leagues eastwards of Huamachuco, 

 and has an elevation of about 8700 feet. A considerable amount of cultivated land 

 belongs to it, all near the river. The hills are covered with brushwood to about 

 10,000 feet elevation, and above that only grass grows. 



In all my travels I have never seen Petasophora iolata more jilentiful than in a 

 canon, full of blooming sage, in the neighbourhood of the Hacienda. They actually 

 swarmed there, and did not even permit the strong Patagona gigcos to get a footing 

 Among them. 



If one of them approached, three to four of the P. iolata would immediately set 

 upon it and drive it out of sight. 



The Lesbia gouldi managed to get along by sucking a few flowers and then 

 dodging quickly into the bush. 



From Chusgon a trail leads over a range of mountains, 12,200 feet high, to the 

 Hacienda Succha, eight leagues to the eastward. 



SUCCHA (HUAMACHUCO).* 



Succha is a very interesting place for a collector of birds, hawng all climates 

 within a short range, the Hacienda being nearly in the middle. The elevation of the 

 place is about 9000 feet, and really is on the slope of the JIarafion gorge. 



I made an interesting observation here with Dipldogaena eva in shooting six mule 

 specimens from one and the same little twig, each several days apart from the other. 

 The birds chose the position on the twig because they could overlook a pretty large 

 extent of flowers from that place, and drive away any intruder which happened to 

 come there. Of com-se the position of the watching bird was known to other birds of 

 the species, and after I shot the watching one, others would soon find out that the 

 preserve was free to be taken up, and they chose the same favourite position of the 

 twig, only to be shot again at my next visit. 



Above the Hacienda, and above an elevation of 10.000 feet, I found Aglaeactis 

 aliciae'\ feeding from parasitic flowers which abound upon alder and other trees. 



The flower is orange-red, and grows in clusters like the mistletoe of otlier 

 countries. 



They also feed fi-om a bush, the leaves of which are similar to oleander; the 

 flower, however, is more like that of the bean, and is white. The seeds are enclosed 

 in a beanlike pod. 



* Suecha instead of Succha in Jlr. Salvin's paper. f I'late I. 



