814 MR. R. I. POCOCK OX THE 



Limax agresiis. 

 Sept. 24, 1910. One eaten after a good deal of pecking about 

 in the sand by WJiite-crested Jay-Thrush. 

 Two eaten by a, Shama. 

 One eaten by Kagn. 



Tasted but rejected by Fantailed Flycatcher. 

 Tasted on two occasions by Hoopoe but rejected. 

 Tasted by Red-vented Bulbul but rejected. 

 Tasted but rejected by Yellow Hangnest, 

 Two taken, but not eaten, by Harmonious Shrike-Tln-ush. 

 Two taken, but not eaten, by Cuban Mocking Bird. 



Limax arhorttm. 



Sept. 24, 1910. Four eagerly eaten by Wall Lizards, which 

 wiped their mouths to remove the slime after swallowing them. 



Milax soioerhyi. 



Sept. 24, 1910. One taken and pecked and wiped about in the 

 sand for a long time by Indian Dial Bird, which finally left it. 



Another specimen was eagerly taken by Sulphury Tyrant, which 

 after pecking and crunching it in his beak, and banging it from 

 side to side against a ledge, exactly as Laughing and other 

 Kingfishers do, finally swallowed it whole. 



ARACHNIDA. 



Opiliones (Long-legged Spiders or Harvestmen). 



Phalangium sp. ? 



Sept. 1910. One (immature) tasted but immediately rejected 

 by Pekin Robin ; the same specimen then taken and eaten by hen 

 Scarlet Tanager. 



One (immature) put into cage with several Curassows was tasted 

 in tui-n by specimens of Yarrell's and the Globose, and ultimately 

 eaten by one of the Globose Curassows, when crushed beyond all 

 recognition. 



I was led to suppose these Arachnida would prove on experiment 

 to be unpalatable owing to their possessing a pair of glands, one 

 on each side of the dorsal area of the carapace, which are known 

 to secrete an odorous fluid. As elsewhere recorded *, I have seen 

 a Mason Wasp, hunting Spiders, run down a specimen of Phal- 

 angium, but turn aside and let it go unhurt the moment he 

 touched it with his antennse. More experiments with birds and 

 lizards are required fully to substantiate my belief ; but the refusal 

 of the Pekin Robin to eat the Phalangium is very significant, and 

 it is quite evident that the Arachnid was not to the liking of the 



Curassows. 



* Journ. Li»n. Soc, Zool. xxx. p. 268, 1909, 



