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the bright colours), exuding at the same time an odoriferous 

 frothy H([uid iVom the thorax. 

 181)7. 

 ^^larch 28. While out collecting at Malvern, Durban, 

 Natal, I saw a Paradise flycatcher 

 (Ter2Jsi2)Jione perspieilkdct) catch a speci- 

 men of Eronict cJeoclora. The butterfly 

 was hovering over a flower when the bird 

 swooped down, seized it vAth its feet, 

 and carried it off. 

 1898. 

 Feb. 27. Saw a Marico wood-shrike {Bmclyornis 

 mariquensis) dart down from a tree and 

 catch a Sarangesa eliminata (Holl.), 

 which was sitting with outspread wings 

 on a small plant. 

 March G. Saw a flycatcher {Pachyprora molitor) 

 make several futile attempts to catch a 

 Tarucus ijlinius which was circling round 

 the bush on which it sat. 

 Nov. 28. Saw a bush kingfisher {Halcyon ehcHcuten- 

 sis) catch and eat two butterflies, viz. 

 Junonia cchrcne and Catopsilia ftorclla, 

 both of which were captured when 

 feeding. 

 Dec. 1. C. F. M. Swynnerton saw a drongo 

 {Bnehancja assimilis) fly past him with a 

 white butterfly in its beak, probably C. 

 florvUa. 

 15. "Remains of Pcqnlio demodocus found in the 

 stomach of a cuckoo (Corcystes caffer). 

 1899. 

 Jan. 1. While watching an AtelJa phcdantha hover- 

 ing over a bush of its food-plant, a 

 Paradise flycatcher {Tcrpsiphone 'pcrspirU- 

 laia) darted past, and with a loud snap of 

 its beak tried to catch the butterfly in its 

 swoop. The latter escaped, however, and 

 on following it up I found that the tip 

 of one hind-wing had been cut clean off; 

 unfortunately I had no net and failed to 

 capture the insect. 

 Swynnerton shot a hobby (Fcdco sulluteo), 

 which had in its stomach an almost 



