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ate the remainder without hesitation. Below this are 
placed insects that were smelt, licked, and tasted, then 
perhaps pulled to pieces by teeth and fingers and often 
only partially eaten; or after preliminary tasting such an 
insect might be put into the mouth whole, only to be 
pulled out again with an expression of dislike, or surprise, 
and be re-examined and pulled about. A sure sign of 
dislike on M.’s part was to run off with an insect to his 
perch and examine it there, instead of at once dealing with 
it. After these somewhat distasteful species may be 
classed those which, after a preliminary smelling and 
licking, are discarded (often thrown down with a very 
decisive manner, as if to say “that’s enough of you”’), 
or allowed to escape; and, finally, those which are not 
even tasted, but left severely alone, or perhaps merely 
touched, or turned over by a paw. 
Record of Observations. 
I will now proceed with the observations, copied, with 
certain omissions after Obs. 99 (p. 23), from my journal. 
Each species and each observation bears a serial number. 
All observations of one series (7. e. made on one occasion) 
are embraced under a serial letter. This is Section I of 
the paper. I then propose to take the species by families 
and genera, and put together all the notes on one species 
(including the omissions) so as to arrive at conclusions as 
to their degree of edibility; this will be Section II. The 
same method is followed with a second monkey, Section 
III giving observations, and Section IV the estimated 
edibility of species arranged by families. Finally, the pith 
of the results is expressed in charts and diagrams, and some 
general remarks on cases of mimicry, etc., are made. It 
is much to be regretted that owing to scarcity of Lepidoptera 
I was unable to put mimicry to the test in this group, 
but with some other insects it appeared to be of real value. 
SECTION I. 
Series A.—This first series was made on Dec. 28, 1916, 
when I first saw the monkey. His master being 
away, he had been left in charge of a boy, and had 
been tied up for several days, almost certainly without 
any insect food, for which he was very eager. 
