LABYRINTH HABITS OF THE PIGEON 



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TABLE II 

 Memory Tests for Labyrinth A 



trials. But it will suffice for our purpose to note that errors 

 in the " average " columns persist through the tenth trial for 

 one bird and through the eighth trial for the other two. A 

 more detailed examination of the results will convince the 

 reader that the records for Porter's birds do not indicate so 

 good a memory as do the records presented here for pigeons. 



HABITS IN LABYRINTH B 



/. First series, — normal learning record. Five pigeons were 

 used in this maze: nos. i, 2, 5, 7 and 8. Of these nos. 5 and 8 

 were new to the problem of maze running. Tests with them 

 had been discontinued at the close of the preliminary work 

 with the hope that results might be obtained upon the value 

 of previous training in the subsequent learning of a similar 

 problem. 



The results presented above for labyrinth A indicate that 

 it is quickly and easily learned by the pigeon. Ouite the con- 

 trary is the case with labyrinth B, figure 2. The description 

 of this maze has already been given, but a few of its relations to 

 A may be pointed out here. In A the first turn to the left means 

 success; in B, it means entrance into blind alley no. i. The 



