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INDEX. 



ROM 



Romanes, Miss C., on dog recognis- 

 ing portrait, 455, 456 ; on intelli- 

 gent of cebus, 484-95 



Romanes, G. J., on movements of 

 rotifer, 18, 19 ; of medusae, 22 ; 

 of echinodermata, 23 ; emotions of 

 stickleback, 246, 247 ; piracy of 

 terns and gulls, 283-4 ; mode 

 of challenge practised by gulls, 

 291 ; birds deceived by mirrors, 

 311; grouse learning to avoid 

 telegraph wires, 313 ; intelligence 

 of horse, 330; intelligence of 

 ferrets, 347 ; instincts of rabbits, 

 354 ; intelligence of rabbits, 354, 

 355 ; rabbits fighting rats, 355 ; 

 drawing dead companions out of 

 holes, 356, 357 ; intelligence of 

 hare, 357; hares and rabbits allow- 

 ing themselves to be caught by 

 weasels, 359 ; rats using their tails 

 for feeding purposes, 363 ; cat 

 opening thumb-latch, 420, 421; 

 collective instinct of jackals, 

 434, 435 ; of dogs, 435 ; duration 

 of memory in dog, 438 ; pride and 

 sensitiveness in dog, 439, 440 ; 

 intolerance of dog towards pain, 

 441 ; emulation and jealousy in 

 dog, 442 ; deceitfulness and dis- 

 like of ridicule in dog, 444 ; sense 

 of ludicrous in dog, 444, 445 ; 

 dogs communicating ideas, 445, 

 446 ; dogs slipping into their 

 collars to conceal their sheep- 

 killing, &c., 435 and 450, 451 ; 

 dog recognising portrait, 456, 457 ; 

 reasoning of dog, 457, 458 : caution 

 of a dog in killing snakes, 460 ; 

 sympathy of an Arabian baboon, 

 474 ; sense of ludicrous and dislike 

 of ridicule in monkey, 476 ; in- 

 telligence of Cebus fat'iwll us, 484- 

 98 



Rooks, sympathy of, for wounded 

 companions, 273, 274 ; concerted 

 action of, in obtaining food from 

 dogs, 319, 320; from pheasants, 

 321 ; nesting habits and punish- 

 ment of culprits, 322-5 



Rotifer a, movements of, 18 



Buminants, 334 



SIE 



Russell, Lord Arthur, witnessing" 

 tameness of snakes, 261 



CU GARTIA parasitica. 234 



** Salmon, migration of, 249, 250 



Salticiu scenicun, 213 



Sandpipers, nidification of, 292 



Saraia, seeking light, 23 



Saunders, S. S., on trap-door spi- 

 ders, 215 



Savage, on play of chimpanzees, 

 476, 477 



Schiller, on pride of bell-wether 

 steers, 334 



Schipp, Lieut., on combined action 

 of baboons, 483 



Schlosser, on jaculator-fish, 248 



Schliiter, Herr A., on a hornet carry- 

 ing heavy prey up an elevation in 

 order to fly away with it, 196 



Schneider, on intelligence of octopus, 

 29, 30; on fish guarding eggs, 

 242 ; jealousy of fish, 247 



Sclater, Dr., on instincts of cuckoo, 

 325 ; lending a cebus for observa- 

 tion, 483 



Scoresby, on maternal affection 

 of whale, 327 ; on intelligence of 

 polar bear, 351 



Scorpion, alleged suicide of, when 

 surrounded by fire or heat, 222- 

 25 



Sea-anemones, 233, 234 



Seals, intelligence of, and breeding- 

 habits of pinnipeds, 341-6 



Seebohm, on instincts of cuckoo, 

 325 



SemnopifheotM entellits, destroying 

 poison fangs of snakes, 483 



Sensation, 8 



Severn, H. A., on nidification of 

 baya-bird, 294 



Severn, W., on snakes, 260, 261 



Sheep, pride of leaders, 334 



Shelley, lines on curiosity of fish, 

 247 



Shipp, Capt., on vindictiveness of 

 elephant, 387, 388; on intelligence 

 of elephant, 397, 398 



Siebold, on robber- wasps, 169 



Sieur, Roman, his trained birds, 312 



