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CAPT. C. R. STONOR, under this heading in Nature of July 15, p. 80, says that he "did not see a single bird, of any species, catch or chase a butterfly" during a month in rain-forest in South India. One can only comment that abundant evidence was provided from tropical Africa by the late C. F. M. Swynnerton. This outstanding field naturalist, well known for his work on tsetse control, could not find time, while engaged in this work, to sort out the massed observations for publication. After his lamented death in an aeroplane crash, it fell to my lot to edit some of his material1.
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CARPENTER, G. Birds and Butterflies. Nature 154, 304 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154304a0
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