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REFERRING again to the above topic (NATURE, December 21, 1911), I wish to make clear my position on the subject. Mr. Pocock's experiments indicate that Anosia plexippus is distasteful to many birds, but it is desirable to know whether or not Basilarchia archippus is palatable to birds, and it is absolutely necessary, before the usefulness of this case of mimicry can be shown, to know that North American birds eat some butterflies, but scarcely, if at all, molest these two forms.
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BANTA, A. The Distastefulness of Anosia plexippus. Nature 89, 242–243 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089242a0
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