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of the tree which must be seen , to be appreciated. It ia a 
rather small tree -- fifteen to thirty feet in height, 
of erect habit and tapering shape like a straight, slender 
young maple. 
On reaching the Pomarack Tree we found it simply 
swarming with Hummers or,to be more exact,great numbers 
of these beautiful little creatures were visiting it in 
rapid succession. As a rule there were from six to eight 
feeding.at once with several others darting about near at 
hand and quickly replacing the birds that left. Apparently 
the tree would not accommodate more than the higher 
number just stated. This was evidently due not so much 
to any lack of food as to the fact that each bird required 
a certain amount of 11 elbow room" which he was at all times 
an 
prepared to maintain, for the tree was the scene of/almost 
incessant battle which, at times, was waged as furiously 
and indiscriminately as any street fight, one bird 
attacking another and he the next until three or four would 
be hotly engaged. Not infrequently the tree would be 
wholly deserted for a minute or more, all its occupants 
going off in rapid succession, pursuing one another 
beyond sight and hearing. They fought like little demons, 
squeaking or chirping shrilly, buzzing angrily, and often 
