various Insects, Larvce, and Papoe to Birds. 471 



7tli September. 

 Again gave caterpillars of G. hrassicce to Missel-Thrush, 

 Nightingales, and Starlings ; the Starlings treated them as 

 before, but the others ate them at once. Specimens of Epeira 

 diademata eaten by Cordon-bleu and Nightingale ; earwig by 

 Nightingale. 



9th September. 

 Caterpillar of G. rapce offered to Leiothrix, but ignored ; 

 eaten at once by Nightingale and Wryneck. A wasp flew 

 into young Thrush's cage, was at once seized and killed ; the 

 Thrush apparently was stung, as it dropped the wasp and 

 abruptly retired to the back of the cage ; subsequently he 

 returned and ate the wasp. 



lOtli September. 

 Caterpillars of Mamestra hrassiav eaten by Wryneck ! and 

 Nightingales ; caterpillar of Ptjgcera hucephala by Missel- 

 Thrush. 



11th September. 

 Caterpillar of Orgyia antiqua eaten by Missel-Thrush ; of 

 G. rapce. by Wryneck, Nightingales, and Robin ; of Ma- 

 mestra hrassicce by Wryneck and Leiothrix j Epeira diade- 

 mata by Cordon-bleu. 



At this point I went away from home, and nothing worth 

 recording occurred until the 18th, when I again gave a cater- 

 pillar of Orgyia antiqua to the Missel-Thrush, which rubbed 

 it about and ate it ; Eristalis tenax was eaten by Nightingales*. 

 Quedius tristis was also swallowed immediately when offered 

 to Leiothrix ; a caterpillar of the buff ermine was unac- 

 countably refused by the Missel-Thrush, but eaten by the 

 Blackbird. 



19th September. 

 Eristalis again eaten by Nightingales and earwigs by 

 Leiothrix) caterpillars of G^aworis hrassicce eaiQn by Missel- 

 Thrush and Starlings ; tasted but rejected with disgust by 

 Nightingales ; licked but refused by Wryneck. 



21st September. 

 Eristalis offered to Brambling and Rose-Finch ; refused by 

 both, the latter being evidently alarmed by its appearance ; 



* This year (1889) I have given many to Wagtails, Great Tits, the 

 American Nonpareil, and various Weavers, all of which ate them, the 

 Weavers alone showing the least suspicion of them. 



