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Two-striped Thickknee ((Edicn&mus bistriatus). 

 Range. Mexico through Central America to Venezuela. 

 Food. Ensects, worms, snails, etc. 



Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans). 



Range. Brazil. 



Food. Fruits, seeds, insects. 



Cariama or Seriema (Cariama cristata). 

 Range. South-east Brazil. 

 Food. Reptiles and small mammals for the most part. 



Abbott's Kail (Ralhis abbotti). 

 Range. Assumpl ion Island. 



Black-tailed Water-hen (Tribonyx ventralis). 

 Range. Australia, south of the 25th parallel : locally migratory 



&agu (Rhinochcetus jubatus). 

 Range. New Caledonia. 



Sun-Bittern (Eurypyga helias). 

 Range. Northern countries of the Neoti-opical Region. 



Food. Mosth insects. 



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The Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis), from Central and Southern 

 Europe; the Wall Lizard (Lacerta muralis), from Central and 

 Southern Europe; the FilfolaWall Lizard (L. muralis JU/olensis), 

 from Filfola, near Malta; Dugcs's Lizard (Lacerta dugesii), from 

 Madeira: the Sand Lizard (I. in, ,in agilis), from North and 

 Central Europe; and the Black-spotted Lizard (A Igiroides nigro 

 punctatus), from Dalmatia, feed mainly upon insects, worms, and 

 small slugs. 



Glass Snake (Ophisaurus apus). 



South-eastern Europe. Feeds on -mall mammals, reptiles, 

 slues, etc. 



Notes upon shun of the above described Experiments by 

 Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S.. F.Z.S. 



Pages 815-820. 



The experiments on the Pierina supporl the conclusion that 

 the perfection of the under surface procryptic resemblance aflfords 

 a true criterion of the degree of palatability. 



P. brassicce, with its conspicuous gregarious larva, and imago 

 larger and less cryptically coloured than the other three species 



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