864 PROF. E. B, POLTI.TOX ON THE 



Two-striped Thickknee ((Edicnemus bistriatus). 

 Range. Mexico through Central America to Yeneziieh\ 

 Food. Insects, worms, snails, etc. 



Trumpeter [Psojjhia crepitans). 



Range. Brazil. 



Food. Fruits, seeds, insects. 



Cariama or Seriema (Caria-'iiia cristata). 



Range. South-east Brazil. 



Food. Reptiles and small mammals for the most part. 



Abbott's Kail [RuUiis ahbotti). 

 Range. Assumption Island. 



Black-tailed Water-hen {Trihonyx ventralis). 

 Range. Australia, south of the 25th parallel ; locally migratory. 



Kagu [Rhinochoetus jnhatus). 

 Range. New Caledonia. 



Sun-Bittern {Eurypyga helias). 

 Range. Northern countries of the Neotropical Eegion. 

 Food. Mostly insects. 



REPTILIA 



The Green Lizard {Lacerta viridis), from Central and Southern 

 Europe ; the Wall Lizard (Lacerta muralis), from Central and 

 Southern Europe; tlie FilfolaWall Lizard (L. muralis jilfolensis), 

 from Filfola, near Malta ; Duges's Lizard {Lacerta dugesii), from 

 Madeira; the Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis), from North and 

 Central Europe ; and the Black-spotted Lizard {Algiroides nigro- 

 pitnctatus), from Dalmatia, feed mainly upon insects, worms, and 

 small slugs. 



Glass Snake {02)hisanrii,s apus). 



South-eastern Europe. Feeds on small mammals, reptiles, 

 slugs, etc. 



N'otes upon some of the above described Fxperiments hy 

 Prof. E. B. PouLTON, F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



Pages 815-820. 



The experiments on the Pierince support the conclusion that 

 the perfection of the under surface procryptic resemblance affords 

 a ti'ue criterion of the degree of palatability. 



P. brassicce, with its conspicuous gregarious larva, and imago 

 larger and less cryptically coloured than the other three species 



