366 Mr. G, A. K. Marshall on Birds as a Factor in the 



insects [butterflies] " : E. Haase, " Resen relies on 

 Mimicry," (transl.), ii, p. 101. 



15. Fericrocotiis Jtamvieiis, Forst. (Orange Minnivet). "Its 



diet consists of small butterflies and various winged 

 insects, some of which it will occasionally take on the 

 v;ing" : Capt. Legge, " Birds of Ceylon," ii, p. 865. 



16. Tcrpsiplione iwincejis, Temm. (Black-tailed Paradise 



Flycatcher). Observed to attack butterflies but 

 generally miss them, in Southern China: J. C. 

 Kershaw, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1905, p. 6. 



17. Terpsij)lione i^aradisi, L. (Indian Paradise Flycatcher). 



Observed to catch Ncptis accris, Ixias mariannc and 

 Furema [^Terias] Jwcahc, Jan. 1905, at Vavuniya 

 Vilankulam, North Ceylon : Dr. F. Doflein (letter 

 dated 12, iv, '07). 



18. Flycatcher (not identified). " Often and often I have 



had opportunities of observing females of Clerome 

 faunula fall a prey to flycatchers when sailing round 

 the tops of trees with their slow fluttering flight": 



A. Grubauer, "Soc. Ent. Zurich," xvii, 1902, p. 123 



(Malay Peninsula). 



19. Passer montanns, L. (Tree Sparrow), (a) "Twice also 



have I seen a sparrow attack an Amathusia j^hidippus, 

 Li." : Piepers, quoted by Packard, " Proc. Am. Phil. 

 Soc," 1904, p. 412 (Java).— (6) "I have observed 

 Hcsperia thrax and other Hesperiidae and Catopsiliae, 

 which were struck down and devoured by sparrows" : 

 E. Haase, "Researches on Mimicry" (transl.), ii, p. 

 101 (Siani). — (c) Observed to attack butterflies, but 

 generally miss them, in Southern China : J. C. 

 Kershaw, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1905, p. Q.—(d) " I 

 have more than once noticed the common Burmese 

 sparrow {Passer montamis) trying to catch some little 

 moth. On one occasion I watched the insect, which 

 had escaped, settle, and caught it. It proved to be a 

 Zizcra sp. ? " : Lt.-Col. C. T. Bingham (note from 

 diary). 



20. Acridotheres tristis, L. (Common IMynah). (a) " Kaw- 



karaik, 18, iv, 1891. Saw a maina {A. tristis) while 

 feeding on the ground in front of my bungalow make 

 a sudden jump upwards to catch a passing Papilio ; 

 what species the latter was I did not see " : Lt.-Col. 

 C. T. Bingham (note from diary). — (Ii) " I may men- 

 tion that not long ago I saw here in Calcutta a 



