various Insects, Larvw, and Pupce to Birds. 469 



20th August. 



Brown variety of larva o£ M. hrassicce again rejected by 

 Wryneck. 



21st August. 



Grey-tailed humble-bee eaten by Missel-Thrush ; larva? of 

 Mamestra brassicw by Wryneck !, Sedge-AVarbler, Nightin- 

 gales, and Indigo Finch ; larva of Ganoris rapce by Sedge- 

 Warbler ; butterdies of G. rapce and hrassicce by Nightin- 

 gales, Sedge-Warbler, Bulbul, Leiothrix, Starling, Blackbird, 

 and Thrushes ; refused by Cape Canary, Common Canary, 

 Chaffinch *, and Weaver-birds ; an evil-smelling brown 

 plant-bug eaten by Leiothrix^ and various spiders [Theridion 

 and Epeird) by Sedge-Warbler. 



23rd August. 



Larva3 of buff ermine moth given to Missel-Thrush ; played 

 with (as a cat plays with a mouse), then rubbed about to get 

 rid of the hair, and eaten. Larva of G. hrassicce offered to 

 Wryneck ; licked, but I believe not eaten. Harvest-spider 

 eaten by Nightingale. 



24th August. 



Epeira diademata eaten by Nightingale, but not swallowed 

 whole as a mealworm would be ; red-tailed humble-bee 

 offered to Missel-Thrush, but ignored. 



25th August. 



Caterpillar of buff ermine given to Blackbird ; rubbed 

 about in the sand and then eaten. Oniscus asellus and ear- 

 wigs eaten without hesitation by Nightingales ; numerous 

 caterpillars of Apamea didi/ma eaten with avidity by Sedge- 

 Warbler, Wryneck, and Rose Finch ; caterpillars of Ganoris 

 rapce eaten with evident pleasure by Wryneck. 



28th August. 



Gave caterpillar of buff ermine to Song-Thrush ; killed at 

 once and subsequently eaten, though not immediately. A 

 second caterpillar offered to Weaver- birds, wliich ignored it; 

 they also rejected a larva of Gatioris hrassicce^ which, how- 

 ever, was at once eaten by the Missel-Thrush ; a caterpillar 

 of G. rapoc was killed and partly eaten by the Indigo Finch 

 and finished by the Chaffinch ; others were again eaten by 



* This is curious, because the same Chaliiuch now eats these butter- 

 flies with the greatest pleasure. 



