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Of humming-birds I only saw one nude, Thaumaatura cora, and a number of 

 Amazilia leucophaea, the latter with nest and two eggs on May 10th, 1895. The 

 nest was attached below the roof of the main building of the Hacienda. > 



TKUXILLO. 



One day's travel from the Hacienda Platanar is the largest town of North Peru, 

 Truxillo, surrounded by a vast sandy plain, mostly cultivated with sugar-cane. 



In the interior from Truxillo, at an elevation of about 1700 feet, I found various 

 birds of interest, far more than at Truxillo itself. 



Myrmia micrura was not uncommon at that place, and had mostly young in 

 their nests on May 15th. Avuizilia leiccophciea, the mo.-it common bird along the 

 North Peruvian coast, is also well represented here, and also a few female Rhodopis 

 were seen near the large cacti which grow on the hills near the coast. 



CELENDIN. 



From Cajamarca eastwards across a ridge of mountains over 12,200 feet elevation, 

 and after two days' travel without a hut to give shelter for the night, the beautiful 

 vallevs of Celendin and Vacapampa were reached. The valleys are in a high state of 

 cultivation for Peru, but the hills around are covered with small brushwood. Very 

 few species of birds are to be seen in these localities. 



I remained here only a few days, long enough to obtain pack-animals to cross the 

 Maranon to Leimebamba. 



From the valley of Vacapampa, 8500 feet elevation, it is necessary to climb a 

 ridge 1000 feet higher, and thence continue to descend over 6000 feet to the 

 Maranon. The country passed over is brushy, showing more varied vegetation than 

 the part gone over to reach the same river at Vina. 



Below 6000 feet elevation the brushwood and cacti are covered with landshells, 

 which are also different from those of Vina. The river is passed at an elevation of 

 about 2900 feet. 



On both banks of the Maranon I found Psittacula xanthops, and shot four 

 specimens. I saw other birds which belonged to the same species as those shot 

 at Vina. 



Gladly would I have stayed a few days along the banks of the river, but as the 

 contract had been made to deposit my goods at Leimebamba, no inducement would 

 be accepted by the arrieros to alter the arrangement. 



LEIMEBAIMBA. 



On the descent towards Leimebamba, at an elevation of about 10,500 feet, already 

 in the timber-belt of the Rio Utcubamba (cotton river), I remained nearly fourteen 

 days. This jiroved to be about the best place to collect birds on my entire voyage, 

 being within easy distance of the high ground above which no trees grow. It was 

 necessary for the birds which adapt themselves to woods to remain some time at the 

 end of their daily upward search for food, and thus they became easy game, or else 

 I could get shots at them on their return to the lower levels in the evening. 



Here I found the new Eriociwmia catharina Salv.* feeding on various parasitic 

 flowers. It is more of a forest species than Eriociieinis dybowakii, found in openings 

 on the way to Guayabamba at an elevation of 7300 feet. 



* Ji. eatltarina Salvia, Bull. B. 0. C. No. Jtlii. p. xxx. 



