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The Orange-tip (Euchloe cardamines). 



July 31, 1909. One male given to ('elms (sp. a) was seized al 

 once and stuffed into his mouth. He took it out, looked at it. 

 smelt it. then ate it without hesitation. 



This was ;i check experiment upon the behaviour of the monkey 

 towards Uuchelia jacobcece and Melitcea artemis. Heshowed much 



greater alacrity in eating the cardamines thi ither of the others. 



A Pieris rapce given at the same time he ate without removing 

 it from his mouth. 



May 26, 1900. One male taken by the Harmonious Shrike- 

 Thrush after a few moments' inspection and eaten entire, wings 

 and all, with much less delay in the way of pecking and scraping 

 on the soil than the same bird displayed when dealing with 

 M. artemis and A. etiphrosyne. Tested by this bird, E. cardamines 

 appeared to he more palatable ; but it is possible, though 1 do not 

 think probable, thai he ate it with less delay because he had just 

 previously been robbed of the specimen of Argynnis euphrosyne 

 by not swallowing it at once. 



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The Small Tortoise-shell (Vanessa urticce). 



Oct. 26, 1909. One taken and eaten by Shama which had just 

 previously eaten Epinephele jurtina. 



Hoopoe, Black-winged Grackle, and I [armonious Shrike Thrush 

 very eager to take one. lad it was secured by the Grackle, 

 which, however, was robbed by the Shrike-Thrush, the latter 

 eating the butterfly in about half a minute without any signs of 

 dislike such as shaking his head or wiping his beak. 



Sept. 7, 1910. One taken and greedily swallowed, wings and 

 all. by Dial Bird. 



Sept. 18, 1910. One caught on wing by Fantailed Flycatcher, 

 who carried it to a perch, hut after a few tastes and pecks 

 dropped it to the ground. Whether this was done intentionally 

 or accidentally 1 cannot say, hut the bird made no attempt to 

 follow up the insect. I then gave it to a Dial Bird, which, after 

 pecking it for a short time, was driven off by a Sulphury Tyrant. 

 This bird, however, did not touch the butterfly. I then offered 

 it to a Bulhul and a Yellow-crowned Hangnest; hut neither 

 touched it. 1 then offered it again to the Dial Bird, who finished 

 it, but with no show of appetite. 1 am unable to say whether 

 the indifference shown by the birds to this butterfly was due to 

 its being distasteful or to the experiment being made at 5 p.m.. 

 when the birds had been feeding oil' and on through the day. 



Pupa of Vanessa vertices. 



June 24, 1909. One placed on a branch near a Shama was 

 taken after a good deal of preliminary inspection hut was soon 

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