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evincing any distaste ; but on the next day it dropped another 

 moth of the same species immediately, and then treated a 

 lubricipeda in the same fashion, although it was hungry at the 

 time. On the following evening I again tried the Bat with a 

 menthastri, but without success. Three days later, however, 

 I induced it to eat single moths of both species, but it dropped 

 them several times, and only ate them eventually after a good 

 deal of pressure. From that time the Bat overcame its distaste 

 for these moths in a large measure, for on a subsequent occasion 

 it ate seven menthastri and two lubricipeda with apparent enjoy- 

 ment, but refused a tenth moth, although it was still hungry, and 

 eagerly seized and ate several mealworms and flies. 



Both of Mr. Coward's Bats persistently refused to touch an 

 Oil Beetle (Meloe sp.) which he offered to them. 



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