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The bush grows in high mountains, above 8000 feet elevation, in Ecuador and 

 Peru. 



Chaetocerciis bombus also can be found, at an elevation of 10,000 feet, during 

 -March, and Patagona gigas descends to 6000 feet west of the Marafion, feeding 

 from Amaryllidaceae. 



VIJJA (HUAMACHUCO). 



Going down-hill about four hours from Hacienda Succha we get to the river 

 Marafion, along which is a nan-ow strip of cultivated land, planted with coca and 

 >ome fruit-trees. This is called ^'ifla. The banks along the Marafion are completely 

 barren up to about 7000 feet elevation, and the strip of land along the Marafion is 

 only fertile because irrigated by a small creek from the mountains. 



Agyrtria taczancnuskii seems to claim the exclusive right to feed from the 

 banana flowers in this place, Cyanomyia cyaneicollis seldom getting an opportunity 

 to \isit a flower. 



I have seen one male specimen of Ghaetocercus hombus ; attracted by my butterfly 

 net, it came very close to me, the eyes evidently expressing the greatest curiosity. 

 The bird had a narrow escape from becoming a cabinet specimen. 



The small parrot \fhich I discovered, Psittacula xanthops Salv., is not rare in 

 tliis locality. They fly in flocks, and feed on the seeds of the balsas tree and cactus 

 seeds. 



A large pigeon feeds on the ripe seeds of the coca plant, and gorges itself to such 

 an extent as to burst its crop when falling from a tree after being shot. 



In the morning the crops of the birds were always empty if shot before 8 a.m. 



CHEPEN. 



Chepen, a small town on the sandy plains irrigated by the Yonan river, is four 

 hours' distance by rail from Pacasmayo. 



Near the ditches and on the river banks can be found large quantities of willows. 



The hills are generally barren, but in the depressions grow large mesquits. 



Large quantities of parasitic flowers cover the bushes of every kind, and attract 

 the two species of humming-birds found in this coast region. 



Araazilia leucophaea is very numerous and Myrmia ynici'ura is not rare, both 

 feeding from the same flowers. 



It rarely happens that the AmazUia drives away the Mynnia ; the former seems 

 to ignore the presence of the latter. 



The white-winged pigeon (Melopelia meloda,) is rare here, but quite numerous 

 higher up among the hills along the river Yonan. 



I have seen and heard the same bird among the reeds on river and ditch, 

 travelling towards Truxillo from the mountains. 



SANTIAGO. 



Leaving Huamachuco and following along the river to its source, thence crossing 

 a ridge at an elevation of about 12,000 feet, one comes, by descending some 2000 feet, 

 to a Hacienda called Porcon. The place has about 10,400 feet elevation, and is near 

 t he town of Sant iago. 



The Hacienda has a very cold climate, and iiroduces only potatoes and barley. 

 The rest is pasture. 



