The Dawn of Reason; or, Mental Traits in the Lower AnimalsWeir, James, Jr.
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The Dawn of Reason; or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals
Weir, James, Jr.
Psychology, Comparative; Reason
AXOLOTL, color-changing in, 184;
Paul Bert's experiments with, 184;
Semper's experiments with, 184;
Kölliker's experiments with, 184.
B
BALANCERS, of _Tabanus atratus_, 34;
of _Chrysops niger_, 33;
of _Diplosis resinicola_, 33.
BASCANION CONSTRICTOR, recognition of individuals by, 75;
bird decorates its nest with skin of, 127.
BASS, parental affection in, 138;
homing sense in black, 200.
BECKIA, ants domesticate and pet, 126.
BIRD, memory of individuals in, 76, 77;
gratitude in, 77, 93;
homing sense in, 199.
BOMBARDIER BUG, death-feigning in, 211.
BRACHIONUS, actinophrys captures, 7.
BRACHIONUS URCEOLARIS, death-feigning in, 206.
BUMBLEBEE, revenge and anger in, 71;
recognition of a certain dog by, 71.
BURYING BEETLE, homing sense in, 197.
BUTTERFLY, suitable food for larva selected by, 103;
age of tropical, 137;
Miranda's observations, 137, 138.
C
CALOTIS, third eye of, 27.
CANTHON LÆVIS, death-feigning in, 210.
CAPUCHIN MONKEY, surgical operation on a, 95;
faith in man's ability to aid evinced by a, 96.
CARABIDÆ, auditory vesicles of, 37;
memory of locality in, 64.
CAT, pride of offspring in a male, 142;
idea of time shown by a, 177.
CATFISH, parental affection in, 138, 139.
CERAMBYX, sense of hearing in, 36;
Will's experiment with, 36.
CHACMA, cat chosen as friend by, 83;
author's test for memory of individuals in, 84.
CHAMELEON, educated, 75;
recognition of individual by, 75.
CHICK, pigment cells in embryonic, 186, 187.
CHIMPANZEE, laughter and smiles evinced by, 89;
faculty of computing in, 177;
recognition of property rights by, 221.
CHRYSOPS NIGER, balancers of, 33;
organs of hearing in, 33.
CICINDELIDÆ, auditory vesicles of, 37;
memory of locality in, 64.
CLAVIGER FOVEOLATUS, ants make a pet of, 73.
COCCINELLÆ, peculiar assemblages of female, 126, 127.
COCK, friendship between a drake and a, 78;
fondness for violin music in a, 122.
CONSCIOUSNESS, definition of, 43;
time element in, 44;
the probable location of active, 216;
the probable location of the sub-liminal, 216.
CORYDALIS, auditory rods of, 30.
COW, dog the guardian and friend of a, 80.
CRAB, Pouchet's experiment on the chromatophores of, 189.
CRAYFISH, eyes of, 21;
power of vision in, 23;
pugnacity of, 23.
CRICKET, ears of, 31.
CYMOTHOE, eyes of fresh-water, 13.
D
DETERMINATION, the origin of conscious, 40.
DINOCHARIS POCILLUM, death-feigning in, 206.
DIPLOSIS RESINICOLA, balancers of, 33.
DIPTERA, ears of, 33;
love of pastime in, 125.
DOG, cow chosen as a friend by a, 78;
laughter in, 90;
fondness for certain musical keys in the, 112;
author's experiments with the, 113;
origin of musical discrimination in the, 114;
knowledge of the echo in the, 115;
author's observations of an echo-loving, 115;
parental affection in the, 141;
abstract idea of numbers in the, 173, 174;
phenomenon of dreaming in the, 218;
medication by sick, 220.
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