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Meerkats and to two Banded Mongooses. All rejected it after 

 smelling it except the second Banded Mongoose, which took 

 it with his paw, rubbed it in the sawdust, but would not 

 eat it. 



\.B. — The forceps with which this butterfly was offered had 

 been previously used for Ocypus olens, Carabus violaceus, Ptero- 

 stichus niger and /'. modulus, and some Timarchce as well as 

 < 'occineUa, and probably the scent of these beetles was adhering to 

 the steel. 



May 26, L909. One taken and eaten by Dial Bird, by Ear- 

 monious Shrike-Thrush, and by Blue Rock-Thrush. 



July 26, 1909. One male given to Silver Pheasant, was taken 

 from my fingers and swallowed instantly without being firsl 

 deposited on the ground. 



One female given to same bird was treated in exactly the same 

 way. 



These two I used as checks upon two specimens of Melancergia 

 galathea, both of which the Pheasant treated very differently, 

 spitting them out upon the ground after taking them from my 

 fingers, and pecking them about a great deal before swallow ing 

 them (p. 8-27). 



Aug. 21, 1910. One male greedily eaten by Silver Pheasant. 

 This bird ate at the same time a specimen of Epinephele jurtina, 

 showing an equal liking for both. 



One male taken eagerly by Pekin Robin, which, after much 

 pecking and tasting, left the butterfly uneaten. 



July 31, l'.MM). One male eaten at once by Brazilian Hangnest. 



Sept. 20, 1910. One left untouched by Fantailed Flycatcher. 

 Taken and tasted but left uneaten by Dial Bird. Taken by 

 Yellow-crowned Hangnest. which held the butterfly in his foot 

 againsi the perch, pecked oflf its wings and finally picked it to 

 pieces, and ate at all events most of it. 



.Vide. — The Hangnests which ate these butterflies are much less 

 typically insectivorous in diet than the Flycatcher, the Pekin 

 Robin, and the Dial Bird, which refused them. 



The Large White {Pieris bras&icce). 



Oct. 26, 1909. One taken from ray hand and greedily eaten 

 by Lion Marmoset. 



May 2<>, 1909. One taken at once by Syrian Bulbul and eaten ; 

 also by Harmonious Shrike-Thrush. 



Oct. 26, 1909. One taken from my hand and greedily eaten 

 by cock Silver Pheasant and by idonduras Turkey. 



One taken by Shama and finally eaten, but not with any ap- 

 proach to the readiness with which he hail just previously eaten 

 a Tortoise-shell and the E. jurtina. At onetime 1 thought he 

 was yoing to give it up ; but finally he swallowed it. 



One liberated in aviary was chased up and down by three 

 Wood Swallows w Inch, however, owing to hesitancy at the moment 



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