36G Mr. G. A. K. Marshall on Birds as a Factor in the 



insects [butterflies] " : E. Haase, " Researches on 

 Mimicrj'," (transl.), ii, p. 101. 



15. Fericrocotus Jlammens, FoYSt. (Or SiUge Minnivet). "Its 



diet consists of small butterflies and various winged 

 insects, some of which it will occasionally take on the 

 v/ing" : Capt. Legge, " Birds of Ceylon," ii, p. 365. 



16. Terpsiplione princess, Temm. (Black-tailed Paradise 

 Flycatcher). Observed to attack butterflies but 

 generally miss them, in Southern China : J. C. 

 Kershaw, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1905, p. 6. 



17. Terpsipho7ie paradisi, L. (Indian Paradise Flycatcher). 



Observed to catch Neptis aceris, Ixias marianne and 

 Fure7na [Terias] hecahe, Jan. 1905, at Vavuniya 

 Vilankulam, North Ceylon : Dr. F. Doflein (letter 

 dated 12, iv, '07). 



18. Flycatcher (not identified). " Often and often I have 



had opportunities of observing females of Chrome 

 faunula fall a prey to flycatchers when sailing round 

 the tops of trees with their slow fluttering flight": 

 A. Grubauer, " Soc. Ent. Zurich," xvii, 1902, p. 123 

 (Malay Peninsula). 



19. Fasser mooitanus, L. (Tree Sparrow), (a) "Twice also 



have I seen a sparrow attack an Amathusia p)hidipp)us, 

 L." : Piepers, quoted by Packard, " Proc. Am. Phil. 

 Soc," 1904, p. 412 (Java).— (&) "I have observed 

 Hesperia thrax and other Hesperiidae and Catopsiliae, 

 which were struck down and devoured by sparrojvs " : 

 E. Haase, " Researches on Mimicry " (transl.), ii, p. 

 101 (Siam). — (c) Observed to attack butterflies, but 

 generally miss them, in Southern China : J. C. 

 Kershaw, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1905, p. 6.— (rf) " I 

 have more than once noticed the common Burmese 

 sparrow (Fasser montanus) trying to catch some little 

 moth. On one occasion I watched the insect, which 

 had escaped, settle, and caught it. It proved to be a 

 Zizera sp. ? " : Lt.-Col. C. T. Bingham (note from 

 diary). 



20. Acridotheres tristis, L. (Common Mynah). (a) " Kaw- 



karaik, 18, iv, 1891. Saw a maina (A. tristis) while 

 feeding on the ground in front of my bungalow make 

 a sudden jump upwards to catch a passing Fapilio ; 

 what species the latter was I did not see " : Lt.-Col. 

 C. T. Bingham (note from diary). — (h) " I may men- 

 tion that not long ago I saAV here in Calcutta a 



