PALATAB1LITV OF SOME BRITISH INSECTS. 845 



One given to White-collared Crow was taken, tasted, carried 

 about, and finally dropped. This bird refused to take a second 

 specimen offered immediately afterwards. 



One given to Hooded Crow was treated in exactly the same 

 way as the one above-mentioned was treated by the White- 

 collared Crow. This Hooded Crow also refused a second 

 specimen. 



One given to Wild Turkey was taken and pecked, but soon 

 rejected. 



Sevent-spotted Ladybird (Coccinetta 1 -punctata). 



July 5, 1909. I offered one to the Capuchin which was the 

 only one of these Monkeys to eat the Timarcha-laxvBe, thinking- 

 he might be deficient in tasting powers. He took it at once from 

 my fingers into his mouth, and crushed it between his teeth ; 

 but, presumably as soon as he got the flavour, removed it from 

 his tongue with his fingers, and took no further notice of it. 



I offered the remains to a Mona Monkey, but she only smelt 

 them and pulled them to pieces, and would not taste them. 



July 23 to 31, 1909. One was offered the Capuchin (sp. a) 

 that had eaten the Euchelia jacobceas and Bombus lapidarius on 

 the previous day. and had so far refused nothing in the way of 

 Lepidoptera. He took it from my hands directly, transferred it 

 to his mouth and crushed it ; but instantly took it from his 

 tongue, wiped it on the perch and left it without a second look. 

 T then gave the crushed insect to the Meerkat that had eaten 

 E. jacobcw and the Bombus lapidarius. He seized it at once, but 

 just as promptly spat it out, gave his mouth a wipe with his paw, 

 and never attempted a second taste. 



One given to Vervet Monkey which had just eaten a Timarcha 

 tenebricosa (see p. 842). She took it, smelt, licked and examined it 

 thoroughly, rubbed it between her hands, then dropped it to the 

 floor and took no further notice of it. I had previously offered 

 this Coccinetta to a Chacma Baboon. She smelt it but would not 

 take it from my fingers. 



One given to the Capuchin which on a previous occasion had 

 tasted and rejected one. He took it, and after a great deal of 

 smelling, tasting, rubbing between his hands and on the boards 

 of the cage, finally ate it bit by bit, pulling it into many little 

 pieces. This Capuchin had just before eaten a < 'cwabus violaceus. 



One smelt but refused by three Meerkats. Grabbed by Yellow 

 Meerkat, tasted, but let go unhurt. Taken by Banded Mongoose, 

 and eaten after much rubbing in the sawdust, and with many 

 shakes of the head. 



One offered to Grey Lemur, was smelt, taken in the hand and 

 dropped. 



Sept. 20, 1910. One taken and quickly eaten by Meerkat; 

 but the same animal refused a second specimen. 



One taken and rubbed about in the sand and repeatedly bitten, 

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