1897.] F.Finn — Experiments with various Birds, 621 



II. Next day, the only butterfly not torn was Papilio demoleus, 

 and it soon disappeared. 



1 put in three Atella phalanta and one each of Banais genutia, 

 D. chrysippus, and Euploea. 



Two Atellas were seized by two Liothrix ; the third Liothrix took 

 the Euplcea. 



A Button -Quail ate the B. genutia, and then an Atella, which I 

 don't think the birds saw at first. 



The D. chrysippus was soon seized by a Liothrix. 



I put in Euplcea, B. chrysippus, and two non-warningly-coloured 

 butterflies. The latter were taken by Liothrix, one, an Elymnias 

 undularis <f , being obviously chosen in preference to B. chrysippus. 

 While the Euplcea and B. chrysippus were untouched, I put in one 

 B. chrysippus, one B. genutia, and two Gatopsilias, The Catopsilias were 

 chosen by Liothrix. 



While two B. chrysippus, a B. genutia, and an Euplcea were in the 

 aviary, I put in a Huphina phryne, which was taken by a Liothrix. I 

 put two more in, but they were in a corner, and the birds did not seem 

 to see them. 



I put in then, the two B. chrysippus and a B. genutia and Euplcea 

 being still alive, two Papilio demoleus, and two P. polites. One of the 

 last fell to the ground and was swallowed whole by a Button-Quail ; 

 none of the other butterflies were attacked, not even the two H. phryne, 

 which I picked out and put on a box. Here the Liothrix looked at 

 them and one picked them up. Yet at this time a Liothrix caught 

 mosquitoes. 



The female Button-Quail (which had eaten the P. polites), now 

 after many attempts swallowed the B. genutia, which was obviously too 

 big for her. She had previously attempted to swallow an Euplcea, which 

 when she left it was long pecked at by the male, and pulled to pieces, 

 but little if any was eaten. 



I put the two Huphina phryne on the floor, and a Liothrix pulled 

 one about, but hardly touched it, though these birds took the remains 

 of the Euploea and picked at them. 



However, a Liothrix soon after ate one of the JS. phryne, while 

 there were two P. demoleus, two B. chrysippus, and a P. polites in the 

 aviary. I then put in a Neptis leucothoe, which was seized by a 

 Liothrix, which dropped it, and another carried it up on to a box at the 

 top of the aviary, where I did not see what happened further, 

 then took out and reserved the two B. chrysippus and P. demoleus, and 

 the P. polites, (a mimetic specimen), and reserved them, all unhurt. 

 Part of a H. phryne still lay on the floor of the cage. 

 J. n. 79 



