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I put in three Terias and a Huphina phryne, which were all eaten 

 by the Liothrix in preference to P. polites and aristolochise, but with no 

 great relish, as I saw one bird leave a Terias. 



A Liothrix picked oil part of the abdomen of a P. polites and left 

 it, still living, with signs of (apparent) dislike. However, one of these 

 birds (I do not know whether the same) returned to the attack, and 

 most, if not all, of the insect was eaten. I saw a Liothrix take np and 

 drop the body of yesterday's P. aristolochise ; to-day's specimen had 

 not been molested as yet. 



When the birds went to roost, three P. polites and the aristolochise 

 were left. 



IV. Next day in the morning, all the Papilio polites had been 

 eaten, but the P. aristolochise had not, the last specimen not being even 

 torn. Later on I saw the dried body of the earlier specimen lying 

 about, and some wings, presumably of the other. I put in one specimen 

 each of Euploea, Danais genutia, chrysippus and limniace, with about an 

 eqnal number of non-warningly-coloured butterflies. The Liothrix and 

 one or both Yellow-vented Bulbuls attacked the latter and consnmed 

 them all before the Danais were touched ; the first insect taken being 

 one of the non-warningly-coloured ones, by a Bulbnl, which bird how- 

 ever swallows even smallish species with difficulty (see above). 



The Chloropsis swallowed pieces of wing from the non-warningly- 

 coloured species, but I did not see if this was by preference. (This 

 morning the birds had had no maggots so far as I knew). A Liothrix 

 attacked the D. genutia, but did not eat it all, and the three other 

 " protected " butterflies were still alive when I put in, shortly after, 

 another B. genutia and chrysippus and a non-warningly-coloured speci- 

 men. The last was soon taken by a Liothrix. 



A D. chrysippus was then pecked and left, at the same time that 

 another Liothrix was eating a D. genutia. I then put in a Neptis kama- 

 rupa, which was looked at by one Liothrix, taken and eaten, after 

 rather tentative pecking, by another. 



Meanwhile the Chloropsis attacked the Euplcea, but did not capture 

 ifc. This Euplaia, the D. limniace and genutia and two D. chrysippus 

 were still uneaten when I put in a dead and rather dry specimen of 

 Papilio demoleus, which the Chloropsis seized, bnt when he had battered 

 off most of the wings, he lost it to a Liothrix, which in turn appeared 

 to have lost the body to a Bulbul, which bird ate it. 



I saw the Chloropsis look at the Eupl&a, and then take a piece of 

 dead wing. When I left the birds a Liothrix was eating D. genutia* 

 and another attacked and left D. chrysippus. 



When all the above butterflies seemed to have been eaten, in the 



