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sericca, Clerus sp. (entirely scarlet, with 

 strong verbena-like smeW), and Frioiioccrus 

 dmiidiatus. 

 February 8. Kestrel ate several dull-coloured Curculio- 

 nidm (Oosonms, sp., and Eremmis, spp.), 

 refusing several Ontlwpliagiis gazclla which 

 were offered, also Lycns ampliatus, L. 

 o'osfratus, and L. constrictus, all of which 

 were tasted and were very evidently 

 unpleasant. 



„ 6. Kestrel refused Zonitis, sp., Eletica nifa, 



Mylaliris ]3aJli(it((, and Diacantha conifera, 

 after tasting each. 



„ 15. The kestrel had been starved for twenty- 

 four hours, and was very hungry. He ate 

 the following insects, in the order given, 

 with great avidity : two Tcracolus achine, 

 one B. ilithyia, two Atella phalantha, one 

 Jtmonia cehrene, and one Papilio corinneus. 

 I then gave him an Acr/ea caldarcna, of 

 which he first ate the head and swallowed 

 the rest whole, one A. rahira was also 

 swallowed whole ; L. chrysippus was then 

 offered ; the bird ate the head, which 

 seemed to raise suspicions in his mind, 

 for he sat considering for some moments, 

 and then began pecking at the thorax 

 and wings and finally dropped it ; on 

 re-presentation he seized the butterfly, 

 gave a few pecks at it, and jerked it away. 

 Then one Acrica axina and two A. halali 

 were swallowed whole, but A. caldarcna 

 which followed was only partially eaten, 

 fully half being discarded. Another 

 L. chrysijjjms was offered, and the entire 

 head and thorax was eaten before it was 

 thrown down. Later, the bird swallowed 

 whole another A. o-ahira subsequent to 

 eating several grasshoppers. 



,, 28. Gave kestrel a B. ilitJiyia, which was eaten 

 rapidly, and a second as well. He then 

 ate a Precis pelasgis and another ilithyia, 

 but an Acr/ua ha./ali was pecked at once 

 or twice and thrown away, and a fourth 



