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later gave the bird (which was not hungry) one male Nepheronia 

 hippia, and two Danais genutia. First it pecked a D. genutia, then at- 

 tacked the Nepheronia, battered off its wings, and ate it, though I did 

 not witness the actual swallowing. Some hours later I found one 

 D. genutia in a mangled state outside (and also an abdomen of this 

 species), and the other not at all. I put that which I had found in again, 

 and some hours later found it also gone. 



December Uh. — I offered the Shama two non-mimetic specimens of 

 Papilio polites, and a P. aristolochise. The two former were torn up, 

 and their bodies not to be seen ; this happened in the case of one very 

 soon, and in that of the other after some time ; the P. aristolochise 

 was not eaten. The bodies of two large non-warningly-coloured butter- 

 flies (one a Euthalia) disappeared, while one P. polites still remained. 



I then put in two P. demoleus and a female Nepheronia hippia. Some 

 time after I found the latter pecked to bits, and its body mostly gone ; 

 the same was the case with one of the P. demoleus ; of the other I found 

 the body outside. I offered it again, and found this time the abdomen 

 outside ; this I put in again. The P. aristolochise still remained uneaten, 

 as did the heads of the P. demoleus. 



Afterwards I found the P. demoleus abdomen gone, and then gave 

 the bird two Huphina phryne, and one Delias eucharis, the former of 

 which it immediately ate. Very soon also I found the Delias eucharis 

 had been pecked to pieces, and its body was gone. I then put in a 

 P. demoleus, which at night had disappeared. The P. aristolochise was 

 still left, though it had been pecked. 



December hth. — I put into the Shama's cage a Papilio aristolochise 

 and a mimetic P. polites ; the latter was eaten, or at any rate disappear- 

 ed, and I put in a P. demoleus, which was soon attacked, the P. aristolo- 

 chise being untouched or nearly so. About this time I took out the 

 other P. aristolochise (left from yesterday). The P. demoleus was soon 

 disposed of, and its body disappeared ; some little time after this 

 also happened with the P. aristolochise. The bird only had " meal-paste " 

 by way of food, and this was also the case early yesterday. I now 

 put in a Danais genutia and a Catopsilia of about its size ; the latter 

 was taken at once and swallowed almost whole ; and a male 

 Nepheronia hippia nearly as big had its wings battered off and body 

 eaten. I then put in a Huphina phryne, two Atella phalanta, and one 

 ( smaller ) Catopsilia, all of which were eaten in the order named ; I 

 saw most of them swallowed, all but the Catopsilia whole ; a Delias 

 eucharis put in with them remained untouched like the D. genutia pre- 

 viously put in. But immediately after, the bird attacked this Danais y 

 whereupon I put in a P. demoleus ; this however, was not attacked, 



