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ever, and they made no further efforts that day. On the 24th, 

 and daily thereafter until the 29th, these two dancers were 

 placed in the box for half an hour, with negative results. 

 At the end of the half hour on the 29th, Nos. 2 and 6 were 

 placed in the box and permitted to go back and forth from 

 one box to the other repeatedly within sight of Nos. 4 and 5. 

 The latter made no attempts to follow them, although at 

 times they seemed to be watching their movements as they 

 ascended the ladder. 



To render the results of this test of imitation still more 

 conclusive No. 5 was given further opportunity to learn from 

 No. 1000. Beginning December 2, the following method of 

 experimentation was employed with these two individuals. 

 They were placed in the wooden box together. No. 1000 

 usually climbed out almost immediately. Sometimes No. 5 

 apparently saw him disappear up the ladder; sometimes she 

 paid no attention whatever either to the presence or absence 

 of her companion. After he had been in the nest-box for a 

 few seconds, No. 1000 was returned to the wooden box by 

 the experimenter and again permitted to climb out for the 

 benefit of No. 5. This mode of procedure was kept up until 

 No. 1000 had made from three to ten trips. No. 5 was left 

 in the box for half an hour each day. This test was repeated 

 on 1 8 days within a period of 3 weeks. No. 5 showed no 

 signs of an imitative tendency, and she did not learn to 

 climb the ladder. 



To this evidence of a lack of an imitative tendency in the 

 dancer I may here add the results of my observations in other 

 experiments. In the discrimination tests and in the laby- 

 rinth tests I purposely so arranged conditions, in certain 

 instances, that one individual should have an opportunity to 

 imitate another. In no case did this occur. Seldom indeed 

 did the animals so much as follow one another with any con- 



