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sericea, Clems sp. (entirely scarlet, with 

 strong verbena-like smell), and Prionocerus 

 dimidiatus. 

 February 3. Kestrel ate several dull-coloured Curculio- 

 nidfe (Oosomus, sp., and Eremnus, spp.), 

 refusing several Ontliopliagus gazclla which 

 were offered, also Lycv.s ampliatiis, L. 

 rostratus, and L. constrichis, all of which 

 were tasted and were very evidently 

 unpleasant. 



„ 6. Kestrel refused Zonitis, sp., Elcticct riifa, 



3fylahris pcdliata, and Diacantlia conifcra, 

 after tasting each. 



„ 15. The kestrel had been starved for twenty- 

 four hours, and was very hungry. He ate 

 the following insects, in the order given, 

 with great avidity : two Teracolus acJmie, 

 one B. ilithyia, two Atclla plialantha, one 

 Juoionia ccbrene, and one Pajyilio corinncus. 

 I then gave him an Acrxa ccddarcna, of 

 which he first ate the head and swallowed 

 the rest whole, one A. rahira was also 

 swallowed whole ; L. clirysipp^ts was then 

 offered ; the bird ate the head, which 

 seemed to raise suspicions in his mind, 

 for he sat considering for some moments, 

 and then began pecking at the thorax 

 and wings and finally dropped it; on 

 re-presentation he seized the butterfly, 

 gave a few jDecks at it, and jerked it away. 

 Then oue Acrwa axina and two A. halali 

 were swallowed whole, but A. ccddarcna 

 which followed was only partially eaten, 

 fully half being discarded. Another 

 L, chrysipjyus was offered, and the entire 

 head and thorax was eaten before it was 

 thrown down. Later, the bird swallowed 

 whole another A. rahira subsequent to 

 eating several grasshoppers, 

 „ 28. Gave kestrel a B. ilithyia, which was eaten 

 rapidly, and a second as well. He then 

 ate a Precis pelasgis and another ilithyia, 

 but an AcTR'a halcdi was pecked at once 

 or twice and thrown away, and a fourth 



