Chapter 27

spiders weighting their webs,221.On beetles:co-operation of,227-28Buck, E. C., on intelligence of crocodiles,263;on collective instinct of wolves,433;on combined action of pelicans,319Buckland, F., on pigeon remembering voice of mistress,266;crows breaking shells by dropping them on stones,283;birds avoiding telegraph wires,313Buckley, on harvesting ants,103Buckton, G. B., on caterpillars,236Buffalo,335-37Buffon, on hexagonal form of bees' cells,171-72;association of ideas in parrot,269;sympathy in ditto,275;goat sucker removing eggs,289Bufo obstetricans,254Bull, intelligence of,338Burmeister, on powers of communication in ants,49Byron, Lord, lines on alleged tendency to scorpion to commit suicide,222CADDIS-WORMS,240Cairns, Mr. W., on reasoning power of a dog,461Campbell, Mrs. G. M. F., on intelligence of goose,316Canary, jealousy of,276;modification of incubating instinct in cage,287;flying against mirror,311;trained,312Canning, J., his dog knowing value of different coins,452-3Carassius auratus,246Carbonnier, M., on telescope-fish,246Carlisle, Bishop of, on congregation or court held by jackdaws,324Carpenter, Dr., on intelligence of rats,361Carreri, Gernelli, on monkeys thrusting stones between oyster-shells to keep them from closing,481Carter, H. J., on apparent intelligence ofathealium,19;ofactinophrysandamœba,20-1Carus, Professor, on spiders weighting their webs,221Cat, the,411-25;general remarks upon,411-14;emotions of,412-13;general intelligence of,413-25;showing zoological discrimination,414;punishing kittens for misbehaviour,414;begging for food,414-15;feeding kittens on bread when milk fails,415;carrying kittens to be protected by master,415;trying to catch image behind mirror,416;communicating by signs,419;devices for catching prey,417-20;appreciation of mechanical appliances,420-25;extinguishing fire by water,425Caterpillars, instinct of assisted by intelligence,236-8;migrating,238-40Catesby, on co-operation of beetles,226,227;on frigate-pelican plundering boobies,284Cattle, fear exhibited by in slaughterhouses,334;pride of,334Cebus fatuellus, observations on intelligence of,484-98Cecil, H., on tactics displayed by hunting wasps,194Cephalopoda, intelligence of,29-30Cetacea,327-28Challenge, mode of, in gulls,291Charming of snakes,264Cheiroptera,341Chelmon rostratus,248Chimpanzee, play of,476-77Chinese swallow, nidification of,292Chironectes,243Choice, as evidence of mind,2Clark, G., on intelligence of a bat,341Clark, Rev. H., on harvesting ants,99;on dog recognising portrait,454-5Clarville, on co-operation of beetles,228Clavigero, on sympathy of pelicans for wounded companions,275Claypole, on intelligence of horse,331-2Cnethocampii pitzocampa,244Cobra, sexual affection of,256;charming,265;intelligence of,262Cock, domestic, killing hen upon hatching out eggs of other birds,278Cœlenterata, movements of, and question concerning their intelligence,22Coleoptera,226-9;co-operation of,226-8;other instances of intelligence,228-9Colquhoun, on reasoning power of a dog,463-4Commensalism, between crab and anemone, and between mollusk and anemone,233Communication,seeCo-operationConcerted action,seeCo-operationCones, Captain Elliot, on intelligence of wolverine,348-50Conilurus constructor,326Conklin, W. A., on elephants thatching their backs,409Consciousness, as evidence of mind,2;gradual dawn of,13Conte, John Le, on reasoning power of a dog,460-1Cook, Capt., on tree ants,111;intelligence of tree-ants,133Cook, George, on dog dragging mat about to lie upon,466Co-operation,of ants,48-49,51-59,64et seq.(in making slaves and waging war),85-96;(in sundry occupations),96-100;(in harvesting),108-10,111-14;(of apparently different species),114-122;(of military ants),127-30,132-4,136-40;of bees,159-74;(in general work, wars, and architecture),177,178,184-6,190-2;of termites,198-203;of beetles,226-8; of birds,318-22;of horses and asses,333;of bison and buffalo,335;of pigs,339;of rats,361,362;of mice,364;of beavers,367-83;of elephants,401;of foxes,433;of wolves,433and436;of jackals,432-5;of baboons,483Corse, on memory of elephant,386,387;emotions of elephant,393Couch, on maternal instinct of hen,272;mode in which guillemots catch fish,285;mode of escape practised by swan,290;birds removing dung from neighbourhood of their nests,290;blackbirds mobbing cat,291;nidification of swan,296-8;crows punishing offenders,323-4;intelligence of hare,359;cat unlocking door,424;fox avoiding trap,428;catching crabs with tail,432;mode by which a dog killed crabs,459Corvus cornice, punishing offenders,323,324Cowper, on intelligence of hare,359,360Cox, C., playhouses of bower-birds presented by him to Sydney Museum,280Crabs,231-4Craven, on intelligence of a sow,340Crehore, on foxes avoiding traps,428,429;on dog recognising portrait,453Cripps, his elephant dying under emotional disturbance,396Criterion of mind,4-8Crocodiles,263Crow, Capt. Hugh, on sympathy shown by monkeys for sick companion,473,474Crows, memory of,266;breaking shells by dropping them on the stones,283;punishing offenders,323-5Cruelty, of cat,413Crustacea,231-34Cuckoo, parasitic instincts of,301-7;eggs of coloured like those of the bird in whose nest they are laid,307-9;American,305,306Curiosity, of fish,247;of birds,278,279;of ruminants and swine,335;of monkeys,477Curlew, nidification of,292Cuvier, his orang drawing chair to stand upon to reach a latch,481;on birds dreaming,312

CADDIS-WORMS,240


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