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other, while D. chrysippus and D. eucharis still remained. Later I 

 found, lying in a dry state outside the cage, part of the body of one of 

 these P. demoleus, and dried bodies or parts of two D. chrysippus. The 

 D. eucharis disappeared, I did not notice at what exact time. 



In the evening I gave the bird, which was not hungry, but had no 

 butterflies in its cage, three P. demoleus and a D. chrysippus. It attack- 

 ed one of the former, but did not persevere, but took and pecked at the 

 Danais, and then left it, having apparently eaten its abdomen. I then 

 took out the Papilios and put in a Junonia and a Delias eucharis; 

 the Junonia was immediately seized, and soon devoured. I then put in a 

 Catopsilia, which was at once seized, and soon disappeared. I then 

 again offered a P. demoleus, which the bird pecked at and left. The 

 D. eucharis was not touched, and as the bird was about to roost, I took 

 out both it and the P. demoleus and threw them away. 



November 28th. — In the morning, the Shama not being hungry, I 

 put in two of the Papilio demoleus taken away yesterday, together with a 

 Danais genutia. The bird pecked first at a P. demoleus, then at the 

 Danais ; it picked this about a good deal, but nevertheless I left it 

 attacking a demoleus, and soon found that one of these had disappeared, 

 and the other was much torn, while the Danais was intact. I then put 

 in four Gntopsilias, all of which disappeared, while the P. demoleus and 

 D. genutia were uneaten ; the bird, however, pecked at all, I think, of 

 these Gatopsilias before eating any ; also it picked up and dropped the 

 D. chrysippus (left from yesterday) before it had eaten one, and pecked 

 the genutia about while a Gatopsilia's abdomen still remained. Some time 

 after the D. genutia had been pecked quite to pieces and its abdomen was 

 gone ; the bodies of the D. chrysippus and P. demoleus were left. 



They were still there in the afternoon, and the bird was not 

 hungry. I put in one specimen each of Junonia, Catopsilia and 

 D. chrysippus. The bird did not show much eagerness. First I saw 

 it hold the Junonia for some time ; then I was put in time to see the 

 Catopsilia swallowed, the Junonia having meanwhile disappeared ; then 

 it began to peck the D. chrysippus, and I put in a P. demoleus of which 

 the wings were already largely torn away. Very shortly after I found 

 only its forewings, while the D. chrysippus was untouched. I then put 

 in another P. demoleus, intact, and a D. genutia. Soon after I found 

 outside the separated thorax and abdomen with part of the wings, 

 of the D. genutia, and the P. demoleus minus one wing. I put 

 both back, and the bird pecked the P. demoleus and ate the body. The 

 D. chrysippus more recently put in was still untouched; I took out the 

 body of the specimen that had remained all day, also that of the 

 P. demoleus mentioned supra as remaining with it ; these were dry. 



