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
DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA, insectivorous, 208.
DUCK, friendship between bantam cock and, 78;
hawk attacked and killed by, 78;
sense of direction in, 199.
DYTICUS MARGINALIS, auditory rods of, 30;
death-feigning in a fresh-water annelid when approached by, 204.
E
EAGLE, recognition of individuals by, 76.
EAR, Dyticus, 30;
corydalis, 30;
grasshopper's, 31;
Tabanus, 34.
EARWIG, method of incubation practised by, 105;
care of young by, 105;
M. Geer's experiment with, 105;
love of offspring in, 106;
author's experiments in testing parental affection in the, 136.
ECITON HAMATA, ants of the same species rescue an imprisoned, 100;
Belt's experiments in testing the sympathy of, 101.
ELEPHANT, abstract ideation in the, 217;
Conklin's testimony as to abstract ideation in, 218;
mud used to stop bullet holes by, 220;
a branch of a bush used as a fan by, 221.
EPIPONE SPINIPES, method of supplying larva with fresh food used by, 104;
differentiation in the amount of food for male and female grub, 104.
ETIOLATION, definition of, 184, 185.
EUPLOCINÆ, length of life in tropical, 137.
EYE, flounder's, 9;
plaice's, 9;
sole's, 9;
mole's, 10;
fresh-water _Cymothoe's_, 13;
OEquorea's, 15;
sea-urchin's, 16;
oyster's, 17;
_Alciope's_, 17;
snail's, 19;
crayfish's, 21;
_Gyrinus'_, 23;
_Periophthalmus'_, 25;
_Onchidium's_, 26;
calotis', 27.
F
FISH, phosphorescent and pigmented, 13;
parental affection in, 138;
sense of direction in, 200.
FLEA, memory in the, 86;
dancing and military evolutions by, 86;
method of educating the, 87.
FLOUNDER, the origin of unilateral eyes in, 9.
FORMICA FUSCA, sympathy in, 100;
species of _Podura_ domesticated by, 126.
FORMICA RUFA, sympathy evinced by, 102.
FORMICA RUFESCENS, pet beetles in the nest of, 126.
FORMICA SANGUINEA, slave-making habit in, 155;
sympathy evinced by, 102;
Lubbock's observations of a sick, 102.
FROG, tinctumutation in the, 182;
chromatophores of, 182;
Heincke's observations, 183;
location of color-changing sense in, 190.
G
GADFLY, selection of suitable spot for oviposition by, 103.
GILT CATFISH, _gyropeltes_ make the toilet of, 130;
color-changing in, 183;
author's experiments on the color-changing function of, 191.
GOBIUS RUTHENSPARRI, tinctumutation in, 183.
GOGGLE-EYE PERCH, love of offspring in, 138;
homing sense in, 200.
GOOSE, homing sense in the, 199.
GORILLA, use of cudgel by, 222.
GRASSHOPPER, ears of, 30.
GYRINUS, indifference to seasons shown by, 23;
eyes of, 24.
GYROPELTES, health of gilt catfish dependent on, 130.
H
HELICONIDÆ, length of life in, 138.
HELIX POMATIA, love of amusement in, 123;
author's observations, 124.
HEMIPTERA, organs of audition in, 29.
HOG, friendship between a dog and a, 81.
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