

146 ELIOTT PARK FROST 



Two distinct types of behavior are here correlated, first the 

 precise detection and recovery of the buried nut ; second, the 

 assembling of the nuts at one single, protected spot. In his 

 book, 'Wild Traits in Tame Animals," 1 Mr. Louis Robinson 

 writes: "Squirrels will, without the least difficulty, find stores 

 of nuts and acorns buried far from any tree or other perceptible 

 landmark, even when the ground is covered by a recent layer 



of snow " But the writer knows no literature which 



mentions the other type of behavior: the assembling and re- 

 cacheing of food under these circumstances. 



1 Robinson, Louis. Wild Traits in Tame Animals. Edinburgh and London, 

 1897. 



