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ban " : note by F. Muir on a specimen of >S', anacardii 

 {=parhassuii,T>v\xvy)m the Oxford Museum. Prof. 

 Poulton, to whom I am indebted for this record, says, 

 that a huge piece, probably over one-third, is taken 

 symmetrically out of both hind-wings. — (c) " I have 

 only once seen a bird attempt the capture of a butter- 

 fly, and that was a shrike, which is common here, trying 

 to catch a newly emerged Charaxes " : Rev. K. St. 

 Aubyn Rooers, in a letter to Prof. Poulton dated 

 Taveta, B. E. Africa, July 5, 1905.— (f?) "On May 18, 

 1908 [at Durban, Natal], I followed up a $ Charaxes 

 neanihes and obtained eighteen ova, and sliould have 

 got more, but the fly was then captured by a bird." 

 G. F. Leigh (in a letter to Prof. Poulton, dated 12, ix, 

 1908). — (c) Mr. F. Muir " expressed surprise that any 

 doubts should have been raised. He had frequently 

 observed such attacks at Delagoa Bay and other 

 places on the East Coast of Africa, and had seen 

 birds waiting in trees or bushes and darting out at 

 butterflies as they approached " : Prof. E. B. Poulton, 

 " Essays on Evolution," p. 282, note. 



The following is a summary of the butterflies attacked : — 



Ethiopian Butterflies, 

 acraeinae. 



Acraea sp. — Motacilla capensis (1, a) ; Merops persicus 



(18, h). 

 A. rabbaieie, Ward. — Melittophagus bullockoides (24). 

 A. nohara-halali, Mshl. — Apalis thoracica (4), 



Nymphalinae. 



Atella "plialantha, Druiy. — Terpsiphone perspicillata 



(10, d)\ Melittophagus meridionalis (23, c). 

 Fyrameis cardui, L. — Nectarinia sp. (3). 

 Precis sp. — Melittoph. meridionalis (23, h). 

 P. hierta-cehxne, Trim. — Halcyon chelicuti (29, h). 

 Salamis imrhassus, Drury. — Bird (32, h). 

 Hypolimnas duhius-drucei, Butl. — Dicrurus sp. (12). 

 Charaxes sp. — Bird (32, c). 

 C. neanthes, Hew. — Bird (32 d). 



Lycaeninae. 



Tarucus telicanus, Lang. — Pratincola torqiiata (5) ; Pa- 



chypora molitor (8, a, h). 

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