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INDEX. 



BAG 



FLE 



EAGLE, plundering instinct of 

 white-headed, 284 ; teaching 

 young to fly, 290 ; variations in. 

 nest-building, 299; submitting to 

 surgical operations, 313, 314 



Earwig, 229, 230 



Ebrard, on co-operation of ants, 132 



Eehinodcrmata, movements of, 23 



Edmonson, Dr., on crows punishing 

 offenders, 323, 324 



Edward, on intelligence of frogs, 

 255 ; sympathy of terns for 

 wounded companion, 274, 275 ; 

 crows breaking shells by dropping 

 them on stones, 283 ; co operation 

 of turnstones, 321 



Edward, H., on honey-making ants, 

 111-14 



Eimer, Dr., on voluntary and in- 

 voluntary movements of Medusa; 

 22, 23 



Elephant, general remarks upon, 386; 

 memory of, 386, 387; emotions of, 

 387-96; vindictivcness, 387-9; 

 sympathy, 389-90; rogue, 393, 

 394 ; dying under effects of emo- 

 tion, 395,396 ; general intelligence 

 of, 396-410; enduring surgical 

 operations, 399-400 ; vigilance, 

 401 ; formation of abstract ideas, 

 401, 402; intelligence of tame de- 

 coys, 402-6; of tame workers, 

 306-8; thatching their backs, 

 308, 309 ; removing leeches, and 

 fanning away flies, 309, 310; con- 

 cealing theft, 410 



Ellendorf, Dr. F., on leaf-cutting 

 ants, 95, 96 ; on ants making a 

 bridge, 137 



Elliot, on collective instinct of 

 wolves, 433 



Emery, J., on powers of communi- 

 cation in bees, 1 57 



Emulation, of birds, 277 ; of dogs,442 



Encyclopaedia Britannica, on bees 

 following floating hives, 149 ; 

 battles of queen-bees, 163, 164 ; 

 parasitic instincts in birds, 306 

 Endurance, of pain by wild dogs, 

 441 ; of surgical operations by 

 eagle, 313, 314 ; by elephants, 

 399, 400 ; by monkey, 482 



Engelmann, on 



ing yellow light, 23 

 J-Jjirint- mifiiia, Mr. F. Pollock on 



perfection of web built by young, 



217 

 Erb, G. S., on intelligence of deer, 



338, 339 

 Esox hici'us, 246 

 Espinas, on co-operation of ants, 



130 



T?Ar-RE, On instincts of sphex- 



J: wasp, 180, 181 



Faister, Mdlle de, her tame weasel, 

 346 



Falcon, variations in nest-building, 

 299 



Faraday, J., on intelligence of skate, 

 251 



Fascination, alleged, by snakes, 2G3, 

 264 



Fayrer, Sir J., on fascination by 

 and charming of snakes, 264 



Fear, in horses, 329 ; in ruminants, 

 334 ; in rabbits, 355 ; in rats, 360 

 excited in dogs by portraits, 

 45o -7 ; in monkey by snakes, 

 477, and by imitation monkey, 

 495 



Ferret, 347 



Fire-flies, stuck on nests by baya- 

 birds, 294 



Fish, 241-53 ; comparison of brain 

 with that of invertebrata, 241; 

 emotions, 242-7 ; ' nidification, 

 courtship, and care of young, 

 242-6 ; pugnacity, and social 

 feelings, 242; anger, 246, 247; 

 play, jealousy, curiosity, 247 ; 

 angler, 247, 248 ; jaculator, 248 ; 

 travelling over land, 248 ; climbing 

 trees, 248, 249; migrations, 249, 

 250 ; general intelligence, 250-53 



Fisher, J. F., on hen removing eggs 

 with her neck, 288 



Fleeson, Captain B., on honey-mak- 

 ing ants, 111-14 



Fleming, W. J., on intelligence of 

 horse, 330 



Fleury, Cardinal, on intelligence of 

 ants in making bridges, 135 



