374 Mr. G. A. K. Marsball on Birds as a Fadoi- in the 



2. Tvrdv.s ???,iwfeZm?6s,Gtn. (American Wood-Robin). Colias 

 jjliUodice, Picris rcvpac and P. brassicae are eaten by 

 this bird : Gentry, " Life- Histories of Birds of E. 

 Pennsylvania," 1876, i, p. 16. 



3. Sicdia sialis, L. (Blue-bird). " They [an immense con- 



course of Terias lisa, Boisd.] did not stay long upon 

 the islands [Bermudas], however, only a few days, but 

 during that time thousands must have fallen victims 

 to the vigorous appetites of the blue-bird (Sialia sialis^ 

 Baird), and black-bird (Afimvs carolinensis, Gray), 

 which were continually preying upon them " : J. M. 

 Jones, "Psyche," i, p. 122. 



4. Mimiis poly<jlutt'Us,lj.(}ILoc\\vLg-\nxA). (a) " In Florida, 



as we have been informed by Mrs. Annie T. Slosson, 

 the mocking-bird frequsntlv chases butterflies" : A. S. 

 Packard," Proc. Am. Phil. Soc.l904,"p.401.— (?;)"Dip- 

 tera, mosquitoes, butterflies, larvae of non-irritating 

 properties, earthworms and berries of divers kinds 

 constitute their dietary " : Gentry, " Life-Histories of 

 Birds of E. Pennsylvania," i, p. 27. 



5. Mimus carolinensis, L (Cat-bird). Observed to prey 



largely on Terias lisa, Boisd. (v. Siidia sialis). 



6. Telmatodytespalustris, Baird (Long-billed Marsh Wren). 

 Its food comprises among other things " many of the 

 Noctuidae and Lycaenidae in the condition of imagoes": 

 Gentry, op. cit. i, p. 89. 



7. Myiodioctcs p)tisiUvs, Wils. (Green Black-capped Fly- 



catcher). Stomachs contained Co^tasjjA-i/oc^tce; Gentry, 

 /. c. i, p. 168. 



8. Setophaga rwi!m7/a,L.(AmericanIledstart). (a)Stomachs 



contained Lycaenidae : Gentry, /. c. i, p. 173. — (h) " The 

 redstart feeds exclusively on an insect diet, consisting 

 chiefly of flies, spiders, plant-lice, butterflies, beetles 

 and difl"erent larvae " : Dr. B. H. Warren, " Birds of 

 Pennsylvania" (2nd ed.), p. 191. 



9. Dendrocca vircns,Gxn.{^\?ick-i\woaXe<\ Green Warbler). 



Observed to have pursued and probably captured a 

 Pieris, " apparently Pieris rapae " : A. S, Packard, 

 "Proc. Am. Phil. Soc," 1904, p. 897 (U.S.A.). 



10. Gcotldypis ^?-tc/<rt.s, L. (Maryland Yellow-throat). "Prof. 



C. V. Weed, of ])urham, N.H., writes that he saw an 

 Antiojxi butterfly in the mouth of a Maryland Yellow- 

 throat": A. S. Packard, I.e. p. 401. 



11. Pyranga rubra, Sw, (Scarlet Tanager). (a) A butterfly 



