342 Mr. G. A. K. I\Iaivsluill on 



evident appreciation. G. nqncoloides 

 appeared to have become tired of butter- 

 flies, refusing all, even those it ate before. 

 Swynuerton found that it continually 

 refused the brightly-coloured grasshopper 

 mentioned above, but always ate it with 

 relish when it had been dipped in meal 

 to obscure its colours. 6'. naiiriianni on 

 tiie other hand never refused the insect. 

 Jaruiary 22. C. naumanni accepted a Fajjilio corinncns, 

 but seemed in some doubt as to its 

 edibility ; he finally ate the thorax and 

 threw away the abdomen. Acr/ea halcdi 

 was then offered, tasted, and rejected. 

 Acrxa anemosa and Limnas chryd2Jints 

 were likewise refused, and shortly after- 

 wards one ByUia ilithyia and one Tcrias 

 hrigitta were eaten. 



„ 23. G. riqncoloides escaped, and all the follow- 

 ing notes refer only to C naui/uoini. 

 Kestrel ate one Dichtha injlata and one 

 Amhly sterna vittipcmiis. A Layria, sp., 

 was tasted and rejected. 



„ 25. When very hungry the bird ate part of an 

 Acriea caldarcna, throwing away the rest. 

 Subsequently he ate four Belcnois scvcrina, 

 one Jnnonia cchroie, and one Precis sesamus 

 (ncfale/isis form). 



„ 28. Two Byhlia ilithyia eaten by kestrel. A 

 Glythra wahlbergi, with strong Coccinellid 

 odour, was eaten by the kestrel after 

 some hesitation. Kestrel refused the 

 Coccinellid Epilachna. drcgci. 



,, 29. A Longicorn {Gcroph'sisfalla?:, Per.) offered 

 to kestrel, which had been kept without 

 food for some time. He was evidently 

 nervous and much impressed by the 

 stridulation of the insect. I therefore 

 pulled the head off the beetle, and the 

 hawk then ate it, but very slowly and in 

 such a way as to lead me to suppose that 

 it was not altogether palatable. Gave 

 a Piezia sclonsi, head first, to kestrel, which 

 ate it readily though evidently noticing 



