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80 air. Other birds, at these great elevations, are the chihua, a sort of thrush, the chanquiri or crow, and a few of the finch tribe.

In this country of lakes and well-watered ravines was the Tampu-tocco district, on the Apurimac side, whence the Ayar Manco marched to Cuzco. Here, too, were the territories of the Muynas, Pinahuas, Huayllacans, Canchis, Caviñas, Ayamarcas, and other tribes. The great elevation only admitted of a somewhat lowly flora. Yet it is the native place of the graceful Schinus molli tree, with its pinnate leaves and bunches of red berries. With it there are several large flowering bushes called chilca, compositæ belonging to Baccharis Molina and Eupatorium, and tasta (Stereoxylon patens). Higher up are the queñua, ccolli, and quisuar trees, and the tola bush already described. There are ferns too, and many wild flowers. Chief among them ranked the golden lily (Amaryllis aurea) and a red liliaceous flower. The cantut was a bright-coloured phlox, much used for garlands. The meadows and ravines were also enlivened by salvias, valerians, calceolarias, lupins, some large yellow compositæ, a convolvulus, a tropœolum, and many herbs used medicinally.

Above these pleasant valleys, and on either side of Cuzco, are two lofty plateaux, desolate and frequented only by shepherds and their flocks. Between the city and the Vilcamayu valley is the highland of Chita. On the Apurimac side is the wild region whither the kidnapped prince was sent