[FB] It is interesting to note that in the blind-fish (_Amblyopsis
spelæus_) the semicircular canals are, according to Wyman,
unusually large.
[FC] The dampers must, of course, be lifted by depressing the loud
pedal.
[FD] "Special Physiology," p. 636.
[FE] A band and not a line, because R. is unstable to the impact of a
considerable range of light-vibrations.
[FF] Mr. Chattock has kindly supplied me with the following note:--
"Readings at the violet end were taken at the extremity of the
lavender rays, at the point where the faint band of lavender light
seemed to end off about half-way across the field of view (the
cross-wires being invisible).
"At the red end the cross-wires were always visible, and were in
each case set to the point where the top horizontal edge of the
spectrum lost its definition.
"Other things equal, the 'red' readings should be more reliable than
the violet, therefore, from the greater definiteness of the point
observed, and the means of observing it. But against this has to
be set off the fact that the extreme violet rays were spread out
by the prism used more than eight times as much as the red rays.
"In any case, the wide differences observed in the 'red' readings
are much greater than could have been due to misunderstanding or
careless observation--as shown by setting the instrument to
maximum and minimum readings, and noting the very obvious
difference between them apparent to a normal eye. The same
conclusion is rather borne out by the closer (average) agreement
between the two eyes of the same individual than between those of
different persons.
"The source of light was the central portion of an ordinary Argand
burner."
[FG] The variations above indicated throw light on a fact to which Lord
Rayleigh has directed attention. The yellow of the spectrum may be
matched by a blending of spectral red and spectral green; but the
proportions in which these spectral colours must be mixed differ
for different individuals. The complementary colours for different
individuals are also not precisely the same.
[FH] "Colour-Vision and Colour-Blindness," R. Brudenell Carter
(_Nature_, vol. xlii. p. 56).
[FI] Journal of Marine Biological Association, New Series, vol. i. Nos.
2 and 3. His experiments with regard to the colour-sense in fishes
gave, for the most part, negative results.
[FJ] We must remember how largely the antennæ are used when an insect
is finding its way about. Watch, for example, a wasp as it climbs
over your plate. If the antennæ be removed, it seems to stumble
about blindly. The antennæ seem almost to take the place of eyes
at close quarters.
[FK] "Senses of Animals," p. 194.
[FL] See _Nature_, vol. xli. p. 407.
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