VIII. THE LAWS OF ORDERLY SEQUENCE 

 OF METABOLISM, GROWTH, DEVELOP- 

 MENT, PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS, 

 AND BEHAVIOR, OR "THE LIVING OR- 

 GANISM AND THE CHANGES WHICH 

 TAKE PLACE IN IT" 



THE DYNAMIC OB PROCESS RELATIONS OF THE ANIMAL 



1. General Physiology and Development. 



2. A Selection of Physiological and Ecological Papers. 



3. Animal Behavior as a Process. 



4. A List of Selected Reviews and Bibliographies. 



5. A Selection of References on Life Histories and Behavior. 



"Seeing, then, that in all cases we may consider the external 

 phenomena as simply in relation, and the internal phenomena also 

 as simply in relation ; the broadest and most complete definition 

 of Life will be The continuous adjustment of internal rela- 

 tions to external relations." HERBERT SPENCER. 



"It is of the utmost importance, if we are to understand the 

 behavior of organisms, that we think of them as dynamic as 

 processes, rather than as structures. The animal is something 

 happening." H. S. JENNINGS (1907). 



NOT only is the environment subject to an orderly 

 sequence of changes, but this same law applies with 

 equal thoroughness to the living animal itself. 

 The animal is an agent which transforms, in "an 



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