various Insects, Larve, and Pupe to Birds, 469 
20th August. 
Brown variety of larva of I. brassice again rejected by 
Wryneck. 
21st August. 
Grey-tailed humble-bee eaten by Missel-Thrush ; larve of 
Mamestra brassice by Wryneck!, Sedge-Warbler, Nightin- 
gales, and Indigo Finch; larva of Ganorts rape by Sedge- 
Warbler ; butterflies of G. rape and brassice by Nightin- 
gales, Sedge-Warbler, Bulbul, Lecothriz, Starling, Blackbird, 
and Thrushes; refused by Cape Canary, Common Canary, 
Chafiinch *, and Weaver-birds; an evil-smelling brown 
plant-bug eaten by Ledothriz, and various spiders (Theridion 
and Hpeira) by Sedge- Warbler. 
23rd August. 
Larvee of buff ermine moth given to Missel-Thrush; played 
with (as a cat plays with a mouse), then rubbed about to get 
rid ot the hair, and eaten. Larva of G@. brassice 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 didyma eaten with avidity by Sedge- 
Warbler, Wryneck, and Rose Finch; caterpillars of Ganoris 
rape 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, which ignored it ; 
they also rejected a larva of Ganoris brassice, which, how- 
ever, was at once eaten by the Missel-Thrush ; a caterpillar 
of G. rape 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 Chatfinch now eats these butter- 
flies with the greatest pleasure. 
