74 Mr. C. F. M. Svvynnerton on 



as showing lack of instinctive knowledoe of what is good 

 to eat. 



539. Aug. 13. — Fifteen or twenty minutes after a meal — 

 perhaps not a very full one, for the bird seemed hungry. 

 He refused an Amauris dominicamis, but, on my pushing it 

 up against his bill, seized another and swallowed it with 

 what may have been irritation; refused a Danaida chrysippus, 

 then snatched it from the forceps, and threw it violently 

 down; treated a Mi/lothris rueppelli similarly, as also a Terias 

 hrigitta', but seized on a Precis clella with the utmost eager- 

 ness, and swallowed it. The contrast in manner was great. 



54-0. Aug. 14. — Shortly after a small feed of gooseberries 

 and grasshoppers refused a Mylotlirls rueppelli, but, on my 

 bringing it up to his bill, seized it and threw it back into 

 his throat to swallow; but at once shook it up again (side to 

 side shaking) and rejected it. But he very readily accepted 

 and ate a Belenois severina. 



541. Aug. 15. — Hungry. Ate five Cape gooseberries 

 {Physalis edulis), eight to the ounce, the last two with growing 

 disinclination, and threw away and then persistently refused 

 a sixth. But he accepted, crushed, and without hesitation 

 swallowed a Danaida clirijsippus, an Amauris lobengula, a 

 male Acrcea areca, and a female Mi/lotliris agatluna; then 

 ate seven smallish pieces of meat (20 to the ounce), the 

 last with complete disinclination. He had thus eaten roughly 

 one ounce of fruit and meat together — the equivalent in 

 weight of many Danaidas — before commencing to refuse 

 Danaida. He now definitely did refuse one, but changing 

 his mind accepted, crushed, and swallowed it; more readily 

 accepted, crushed, and swallowed an Amauris dominicamis; 

 refused a second Danaida., but on my pressing it on him took 

 it, crushed it, and threw it away; accepted and readily ate, 

 after crushing it, an Amauris alhimaculata, again treated the 

 Danaida exactly as before, but readily accepted, crushed, 

 and swallowed an Acrcea terpsichore. He then took, but at 

 once threw away, a piece of meat, and refused to take the 

 next piece; accepted, crushed, and swallowed a dead and 

 slightlv dry D. clirtjsippus; rejected a live one after ci'ushing 

 it too; and crushed and threw away an A. dominicamis. 



