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Diphlogaena iris also flies in this region. I shot several specimens from my 

 tent while I was busy skinning birds. 



Although I searched carefully for Loddirjesia mirnbHis all around my camp, none 

 were found till after descending to Leimebamba. 



The town of Leimebamba is merely a collection of huts, at an elevation of VISoO 

 feet, having little cultivated land, most being forest. Here I again searched for 

 Loddigesia mirabilis, and had the satisfaction, after two days' search, to obtain a inale 

 with the two outer tail-feathers barely developed. Otherwise the bird was in old 

 plumage, indicating the necessity of waiting a few months more for full-plumaged 

 specimens. 



For the first time in my collecting experience of humming-birds I shot three 

 adult birds (Adeloniyia inelanogenys) with one shot, two 'males and one female. 

 Four birds were flying together, evidently one female and three males, when I fired. 

 Searching carefully I found three birds ; one wMe probably escaped. 



LEVANTO. 



Levanto is a small town, a mere collection of huts with stone walls, mostly laid 

 loosely together. It has an elevation of 8800 feet, and is one and a half day's distance 

 from Leimebamba towards Chachapoyas. It is surrounded by forest, some of it quite 

 heavy. 



In the canons, among thick brushwood, can be found DipJilogaena iris and 

 Loddiges ia mirabilis. 



Heliotrypha viola is not uncommon in the vicinity, feeding from the same 

 flowers as the D. iris. 



Besides the above-named species, the following are also found : Aglaeactis 

 cupreipennis, Docimastes ensiferus, Lesbia gouldi, My His fanny, Metalliira smarag- 

 diQiicollis, and Panoplites mattheivsi. 



SAN PEDRO. 



San Pedro is a little town or village some four or five hours to the south-east from 

 Leimebamba, and has an elevation of about 8900 feet. The town lies upon a hiU-side, 

 -cultivated towards the Utcubamba river and wooded to the south and up the liill. 

 It must have been a very important place during the times of the Incas, which is 

 indicated by the very large number of burial buildings, still in a pretty good state of 

 preservation. They are all circular structures of stone, some three metres high and 

 four metres diameter. All of them are along the ridge of the mountain. 



Here I collected the best specimens of Loddigesia mirabilis during December. 



Lesbia gouldi is very common in this vicinity, and frequently makes it difficult 

 for the above species, which is a more retiring bird, to feed from the raspberry 

 flowers. 



CHACHAPOYAS. 



Chachapoyas is situated upon an open plain between the rivers Utcubamba and 

 Ventillas, and has an elevation of about 7800 feet. To the south-east is a ridge of 

 wooded mountains. Upon the slope of that ridge, about four hours from the town, 

 are the ruins of a former Hacienda, once the hunting ground of Mr. Stolzmann, 

 where I also collected some twelve davs. 



