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Summary: Melospiza melodia.— 
‘ Accepted and 
Accepted. Rejected. rejected. 
Spe- | Speci-| Spe- | Speci-! Spe- . 
cies. | mens.| cies. | mens.| cies. Specimens. 
“Wearningly colored” species....|. 4 6 5 6 2 Als R 2+ 
Others ‘specially defended ”’...... 9 13 8+ | 3+ 0 0 0 
“Non-protected”’ species............ Bot bo 8 2 2 | 2 | 3 
In rejecting the seeds of Chenopodium and Polygonum this bird 
refused two favorite items of the food of wild members of its species; the 
bird was only starved into eating Amaranthus seeds, another favorite 
natural food. Of the rejected insects, Camponotus, Diabrotica, Hippo- 
damia, and Lachnosterna have been found in collected stomachs. The 
acceptances include at least one insect, Papilio turnus, which the 
bird probably never gets under natural conditions. The experi- 
menter noted that this butterfly would have easily escaped the bird 
had it not been confined. 
LitrLe ButcHERBIRD (Lanius ludovicianus) *— 
Accepted: 
CHILOPODA. 
Lithobius sp., 1 
ORTHOPTERA. 
ACRIDIID. 
Hippiscus sp., 2. 
COLEOPTERA. 
ScARABEIDA. 
Copris carolina eas 
Lachnosterna sp., 1. 
Ligyrus gibbosus (dead) (reddish-brown), 1 
Osmoderma sp., 1. 
Trichius piger (greenish-black, reddish-brown, white; both 
white and yellow hairs), 1 
CERAMBYCID&. 
Monohammus sp., 1. 
MELOIDA. 
Meloe americana (bluish-black, vesicating juices), 1. 
HETEROPTERA. 
PENTATOMIDE. 
Euschistus sp., 1. 
Nezara hilaris (green), 1 
% Partial account in Bul. 30, Biol. Survey, 1907, p. 35. 
