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Myiarchus crinitus (33, h); Empidius fuscus (34, a); 



Contopus virens (35, h). 

 Tcrias lisa, Boisd. — Sialia sialis (3); Mimus carolinensis 



(5). 

 Pierinae. — Passer domesticus (24, h) ; T. tyrannus (32,/). 



Papilioninae. 



Pajnlio glaucus, L. — Passer domesticus (24, h) ; Carduelis 



carduelis (26) ; Birds (47, d). 

 P. troilus, L. — Bird (47, c). 

 Papilioninae. — Falco sparverius (43) ; Falco communis 



(44) ; Accipiter fuscus (45) ; Accipiter cooperi (46). 



Hesperiidae. 



PJpargp-eus titgrus, F. — Vireo noveboracensis (20). 



Records from the Neotropical Region. 



Vireo olivaceus, L. (Red-eyed Vireo), "I have seen one 

 in eager, but unsuccessful pursuit of a butterfly 

 (Terias)" : P. H. Gosse, "Birds of Jamaica," p. 194. 



Muscivora regia, Gm. "Feeds principally, and perhaps 

 exclusively, upon butterflies. . . . M. Jelski's opinion, 

 that the crest of these birds [which is said to resemble 

 a flower — G. A. K. M.] serves as a lure for butterflies, 

 appears to me to be correct " : Stolzmann, quoted by 

 Taczanowski, " Oruithologie du Perou," ii, p. 296. 



Pachyrrliamph'iis versicolor, Hartl. "In their stomachs I 

 have found buttertiies, larvae and rather hard bugs " : 

 Jelski, quoted by Taczanowski, I.e. p. 367 (1884). 



Galbula sp. (Jacamar). (n) "It feeds entirely on insects 

 . . . and as soon as a fly, butterfly or moth passes by, 

 it darts at it and returns to the branch it had just 

 left " : C. Waterton, " Wanderings in S. America,' 

 p. 123 (1839).— (&) "Poppig states in regard to the 

 closely-related Galbulidae ' that in the forests there is 

 no difliculty in recognising the favourite perch of a 

 Gattmla, for the wings of the largest and most splendid 

 butterflies, whose bodies alone are eaten, cover the 

 ground for some steps around' ": E. Haase, "Researches 

 on Mimicry " (transl.), ii, p. 101. 



Brachygalha melanosterna, Scl. (Black-chested Jacamar). 

 Natter er records that in Brazil this bird sits on the 

 twigs of the highest trees and hunts for butterflies : Von 

 Pelzeln, "Sitzb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien," xx, 1856, p. 518. 



