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grubs, viz., 100 per day, and the immature form of the great 

 green grasshopper is preferred to all other kinds of food I have 

 given to it. Moths, March-flies and small winged insects are 

 greedily devoured ; in fact it can ' stow away ' four large blow- 

 flies on a fairly full stomach." 



I have not been able to go so thoroughly into the subject as 

 would have brought out more facts in this essay as well as have 

 taken from it some week points ; but having ascertained the facts 

 enquired for and of most importance, I now use the opportunity 

 of the close to a season to record the above notes on the natural 

 history of the Maluri. 



