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Psychology of the Chimpanzee. — Dr. C. 



Pitfield Mitchell has published a " Study of 

 the Psychology of the Chimpanzee," which 

 he has made upon a specimen in captivity 

 at the Central Park Menagerie, New York. 

 On being introduced, the animal offers his 

 right fore hand, and, grasping one of the fin- 

 gers of his visitor, attempts to put it in his 

 mouth. The extension of the hand, in meet- 

 ing an acquaintance, is made with a pleased 

 look of recognition, unmistakably the out- 

 come of gratified social feeling, and is often 

 accompanied with a presentation of the back 

 to be scratched. The chimpanzee, seated 

 in a chair at table before a bowl of milk, 

 grasps the spoon with his right fore-hand, 

 and feeds himself, wiping his lips with a nap- 

 kin held in his left fore-hand. In using the 

 spoon, the co-ordination of movements lacks 

 precision, but none of the milk is spilled ; 



