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INDEX. 



OST 



Ostrich, conjugal affection of, 270 ; 



nidification, 292 

 Otter, 346 

 Oyster, intelligence of, 25 



T)ALLAS, on provident habits of 



-T Lagomys. 365 



Parrot, memory of, 267-9 ; recollec- 

 tion, 269, 270 ; talking, &c., 267- 

 70; sympathy, 275, 276; exulta- 

 tion on baffling imitative powers 

 of master, 277 ; vindictiveness, 

 277 ; fondness of music, 282 ; 

 difficult to deceive by mirrors, 

 310, 311 



Parry, Captain, on instincts of wild 

 swan, 297 



Partridge, removing eggs, 289 



Peach, C. W., on dog recognising 

 portrait, 453, 454 



Peal, G. E., on elephants remov- 

 ing leeches and fanning away 

 flies, 409, 410 



Pearson, Colonel, the reasoning 

 power of his dog, 466, 467 



Peeweet, gee Lapwing. 



Pelicans, sympathy of for wounded 

 companions, 275 ; frigate, 284 ; 

 combined action of in fishing, 

 319 



Penky, the Kev. Mr., on reasoning 

 power of a dog, 466, 467 



Pennant, on navigating habits of 

 Iceland mice, 364 



Pennent, on domestication of toad, 

 255 ; on fascination by rattle- 

 snake, 263 



Perca scandens, 248, 249 



Perception, 9 



Perch, climbing, 248, 249 



Percival, Dr., on cock killing hen 

 when she hatched out eggs of 

 partridge, 278 



Petrels, nidification of, 291, 292 



Phillips, J., his portrait -painting 

 recognised by a dog, 454 



Picton, Mrs. E., on sensitiveness of 

 a terrier, 440, 441 



Pieris rapes, 236 



Pigeon, memory of, 266 ; con- 

 jugal affection and fidelity, 270, 



271 ; fondness for a particular 



air of music, 282 ; intelligence in 



avoiding turtles, 317 ; in making 



horse shake oats from nose-bag 



317 



Pigs, 339-41 

 Pike, affection of male for female, 



246 



Pilot-fish, 251, 252 

 Pinnipeds, breeding habits of, 342, 



346 



Pipe-fish, 246 

 Piracy, instinct of, in birds, 283, 



284, 301-7 

 Pisces, see Fish 

 Play, of ants, 87, 89 ; of fish, 242 ; of 



birds, 279 ; of porpoise, 327, 328 ; 



of dogs, 445 ; of monkeys, 476, 477 

 Pliny, on ants burying their dead, 



91 ; sexual affection of snakes, 



256 ; on intelligence of elephant, 



386 ; on memory of elephant, 387 

 Plocens textor, 293 

 Plover, see Lapwing ; nidification of, 



292 

 Plutarch, on intelligence of elephant, 



386 



Podoeerus capiUata, 332 

 Polar bear, 352, 353 

 Polecat, curious instinct of, 347 

 PoUstes carnifex, taking precise 



bearings to remember locality, 



150, 151 

 PoUstes Gallica, tamed by Sir John 



Lubbock, 153 ; robber, 169 

 Pollock, F., on perfection of webs 



built by young spiders, 217 

 Pollock, W., on association of ideas 



in paiTot, 269 

 Polydectes cupulifer, 233 

 Pope, on instinct and reason, 15 

 Porpoise, intelligence of, 327, 328 

 Portraits, recognised by birds, 311 ; 



by dogs, 453-7 



Pouchet,on improvement in nidifica- 

 tion of swallows, 300, 301 

 Powelsen, on navigating habits of 



Iceland mice, 364 

 Prairie dog, 366 

 Pride, of birds, 279 ; of horse, 330; 



of ruminants, 334 ; of dog, 439- 



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