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rueppelli with a forewing attached, the M. agathina with a hindwing, and the 

 M. yulei with both a fore- and a hindwing on the same side. 



I now gave the bird four smallish grasshoppers, which were eagerly eaten — it 

 was evident that she had been very fairly hungry. She then refused obstinately 

 without tasting a small Terias senegalensis, refused only for a moment but then 

 crushed and readily ate a Neptis saclava, again most obstinately refused the Terias 

 without tasting, but readily ate after crushing them slightly a second Neptis saclava 

 and an Ypthima. 



She then, after eating a Charaxes brutus and a Charaxes cithceron (wingless), 

 refused persistently without tasting a Neptis saclava and an Ypthima, but finally 

 tasted the latter and emphatically flung it to the other side of the cage. She then 

 tasted and rejected (but without emphasis) Nfeptis saclava. 



I now gave her two wingless Charaxes brutios which were most readily eaten, and 

 a Papilio lymus with one wing which was crushed very thoroughly and eaten very 

 waveringly. 



Having eaten two more large Charaxes {candiope), the bird obstinately refused 

 a Papilio lyceus, refused but then tasted and rejected a Leuceronia argia S , and 

 refused without tasting a J Catopsilia florella but took a C. cebrene. But she was 

 evidently replete, for after playing with and finally eating the Precis cebrene with 

 undoubted disinclination, she simply crushed and dropped a Pyrameis. However, 

 a Charaxes neanthes now attracted her cui'iosity by its violent movements and was 

 crushed well and readily eaten, but the bird then merely took and tossed carelessly 

 into the air in turn an Atella phalantha, a Crenis boisduvali or natalensis, a Precis 

 cebrene, a Pyrameis cardui, and one of her favourite grasshoppers. 



Five minutes later she crushed and readily enough ate a Pyrameis, refused 

 positively without tasting the Crenis and a Precis cebrene, refused but at once 

 changing her mind accepted, crushed well, and swallowed with evident appi'eciation 

 a Salamis anacardii, and after it a large d Catopsilia, refused obstinately without 

 tasting a Leuceronia argia S , a Pyrameis cardui, a Precis cebrene, a Melanitis leda, 

 and a second Catopsilia florella. I now reofiered the Melanitis, which was at first 

 ignored but afterwards accepted, well crushed, and eaten. I'he bird then tasted 

 and rejected Leuceronia argia $ , but readily ate after crushing it a Catopsilia 

 florella, then crushed and rejected a Papilio lyceus $ . 



Five minutes later she tasted and rejected Leuceronia argia 6 , but readily 

 enough ate a Pyrameis, a Precis cebrene, the Crenis, a Macroglossa trochilus, and a 

 Pyrameis, but was very evidently anything but hungry. 



Five minutes later she tasted and rejected the Leuceronia, a Eurytela hiarbas, 

 a light-coloured Byhlia, readily enough ate a Hamanumida dcedalus, and a 

 Rhopalocampta libeon without smell, refused obstinately without tasting a dark 

 Byblia, but readily ate a Tagiades flesus and a Rhopalocampta pisistratus without 

 trace of smell. 



Five minutes later she refused without tasting the Leuceronia, Hamanumida 

 dcedalus, Precis cebrene, and Pyrameis cardui, being evidently satisfied. Finally, 

 much bored by my attempts at persuasion, she retired to the furthest perch and 

 turned her back to me. 



An hour later, by lantern-light, I offered an Ypthima and a Neptis saclava,, each 



