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of which it at once took and ate. I then put in one specimen each of 

 B. genutia and chrysippus, and three smaller Gatopsilias, two of which last 

 were soon eaten. Next I put in the Euploea refused by the Bhimraj 

 (see Bhimraj under this date). It was not taken by the King-crow, 

 though soon after the third Gatopsilia disappeared from the cage. I put 

 in two more Gatopsilias, one of which was eaten at once. The other 

 remained till dusk, and I took it out with the Euploea, B. genutia and 

 chrysippus, and P. aristolochise, which last I threw away. But the 

 B. eucharis had disappeared, though I did not see the bird eat this, and at 

 any rate it had eaten four or five Gatopsilias before it could have 

 done so. 



November I8th.—I offered the King-crow the Euplcea, the two 

 Banais, and Gatopsilia taken out last night. It ate first the Gatopsilia, 

 and then the B. genutia, quite readily. Then I put in four Gatopsilias, 

 three of which were eaten immediately, and not long after the other 

 disappeared, the B. chrysippus and Euploea remaining. Quite soon after, 

 the B. chrysippus was eaten. Soon after this the bird took the Euploea, 

 pulled off the wings and swallowed the body, but threw this up again 

 and left it. But some time after this also was gone. 



In the evening I gave the bird a Bellas eucharis and three Gatopsilias ; 

 it picked up and ate all of the latter immediately, then picked up and 

 dropped the Bellas. Soon after, while this B. eucharis was still left, I 

 put in specimens of Papilio aristolochise and demoleus, Junonia, and 

 Banais chrysippus. The P. demoleus was taken first, and next Junonia 

 disappeared. Then the B. chrysippus, which had been refused by Bhim- 

 raj (see Bhimraj under this date) was eaten quite readily, as was 

 usually the case when this bird ate " protected " species, so far as I 

 saw. 



November 19th.— In the morning, the Belias eucharis (with part of 

 wings torn off) and Papilio aristolochise left in the cage overnight, still 

 remained. I put in three Banais chrysippus, two of which were imme- 

 diately swallowed whole, and the third eaten after the wings had been 

 pecked off a little. I then gave the bird two more B. chrysippus, one of 

 which it took, and I left it holding the insect in its foot. This dis- 

 appeared, the other specimen and the B. eucharis and P. aristolochise 

 being still left, but soon after the wings of this second Banais were 

 plucked off and it was eaten. Some little time afterwards I gave the 

 bird a Junonia which it did not touch as far as I saw, though it had 

 been recently eating maggots, of which it had lately but short 

 allowance. I gave it plenty of these now, and by evening nearly all 

 were gone, but the three butterflies (Junonia, B. eucharis, P. aristolo- 

 chise) were still uneaten. I put in a female of Elymnias undularis 



