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Distaste of Birds for Butterflies

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IN view of the recent discussions in NATURE regarding the distaste of birds for butterflies (December 21, 1911), it will doubtless be of interest, to know of the results of an investigation into the relation of birds to an outbreak of butterflies (Eugonia californica) in northern California during the summer of 1911.

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BRYANT, H. Distaste of Birds for Butterflies. Nature 88, 516 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/088516b0

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