1897.] F. Finn — Experiments with various Birds. 635 



I put in then an A tella phalanta and a Huphina phryne. The former 

 was soon taken by a Liothrix and discussed by these birds, but they left 

 the body, and the Chloropsis, to which I offered it, soon dropped it. 



The Huphina was then taken by a Liothrix, but he somehow 

 dropped it, and the Chloropsis took it, and after much manipulation 

 swallowed it. 



There were maggots in the cage at the time, besides fruit. 



I then put in a dead specimen of Papilio demoleus, which was taken 

 by a Liothrix, but not eaten. However, another Liothrix soon took and 

 began to tear it, bat I next saw it in the possession of a Bulbul, from 

 which a Liothrix took it when the Bulbul had nearly got rid or the 

 wings (which the Yellow-vented species seems to find it necessary to do), 

 and part was eaten by one of these birds, which did not seern eager 

 for it. 



Just after the P. demoleus, I put in a dead D. limniace, which no 

 bird touched. 



I then took away the maggots. 



An hour or so later the D. limniace were all dead, but not eaten, 

 while all the D. chrysippus were gone. The P. aristolochise were also 

 intact, and the four bodies of Euploeas noticed yesterday still lay about. 



Towards evening I put in a Gatopsilia, a female Elymnias undularis, 

 a male Hypolimnas, and some Danais genutia and D. chrysippus. 



First a Liothrix attacked the Gatopsilia, then another the Hypo- 

 limnas, which escaped. Before it was captured (as it lay in the water) 

 a Liothrix took the E. undularis. 



I took the Hypolimnas out of the water, with the Gatopsilia, which, 

 partly eaten, had fallen into it ; while doing this I let a D. genutia 

 escape. 



The Chloropsis had been hotly pursuing the possessor of the Gatop- 

 silia. 



I also found the E. undularis uneaten, except the head. 



The birds were not eating much plantain even, apparently pre- 

 ferring the sop. 



There were now one D. genutia and three D. chrysippus in the cage. 



However, the Chloropsis soon took the Gatopsilia, and I think 

 finished it, for it disappeared. Meanwhile a Liothrix pulled to pieces 

 the Elymnias and rejected it. 



During this the Hypolimnas was again attacked by Liothrix, but 

 remained alive, though its wings were much torn. 



Then one seized it and took it upon a box in the cage. 



I offered the rejected abdomen of the Elymnias to the Chloropsis, 

 which carefully crushed and then ate it. 



