Table 1. Results from experimental parasitism of ashy-throated parrotbill clutches.

			Rejection behaviour
Host	Parasite	Contrast	Deserted	Ejected	Accepted		Total
Conspecific eggs
blue	blue	1	1	0	12	(92.3)	13
white	white	1	2	0	18	(90.0)	20
blue	white	5	1	10	1	(8.3)	12
white	blue	5	2	15	2	(10.5)	19
Model eggs
blue	cuckoo, blue	1	0	3	10	(76.9)	13
white	cuckoo, white	1	0	6	10	(62.5)	16
blue	conspecific, pale-blue	2	0	6	6	(50.0)	12
white	conspecific, white-pale	2	0	9	3	(25.0)	12
blue	conspecific, pale	3	0	9	3	(25.0)	12
white	conspecific, pale	3	0	10	2	(16.7)	12
blue	conspecific, white-pale	4	0	10	2	(16.7)	12
white	conspecific, pale-blue	4	0	11	1	(8.3)	12
blue	cuckoo, white	5	0	12	1	(7.7)	13
white	cuckoo, blue	5	0	18	1	(5.3)	19

Contrast  =  contrast between host and parasite eggs on a scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high). White  =  white egg, white-pale  =  egg with intermediate colour between white and pale blue, pale  =  pale blue egg, pale-blue  =  egg with intermediate colour between pale blue and blue, blue  =  blue egg. Three types of eggs were used; natural conspecific eggs, model cuckoo-sized eggs (cuckoo) and model parrotbill-sized eggs (conspecific). Numbers in brackets are % acceptance within each combination.