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ones. At 11.10 one Was attacked. At 11.20 all three 

 were being viciously attacked, and yet one was nearly 

 cleaned. At 12 one was being attacked, one was alone 

 in a corner, the other we could not find. At 12.10 one 

 was dragged ou': of the nest and then abandoned, on 

 which, to my surprise, she ran into the nest again.^ 

 which no old ant would have done. She was at once 

 again seized by an antenna. At 12.30 she was still 

 being dragged about ; the second was being cleaned. 

 In this instance, therefore, I think two out of the three 

 were eventually accepted as inmates of the nest. 



September 25. — Put two of the young ones into 

 nest 1 at 2.30 p.m. At 2.45 one was attacked, but not 

 viciously. 3 ditto, 3.15 ditto. No notice was taken of 

 the other, though several ants came up and examined her. 

 3.30, the first was not attacked, the second was almost 

 cleaned. 4, the first has been again attacked, but not 

 viciously, and moreover has been partly cleaned. The 

 second was evidently received as a friend, and was almost 

 cleaned. 4.30, they are both comfortably among the 

 others and are ahnost clean. At 5 I could no longei 

 distinguish them. 



I now pass to the other batch, namely, pupte from 

 aest 2 with ants from nest 1. 



September 25. — Put three of the young ants into 

 nest 1 at 9.30 a.m. At 9.45 two w^ere attacked, the 

 (bird was by herself. 10 ditto. At 10.15 one made her 

 escape from the nest. At 10.20 the thnd was attacked. 

 At ? 0.30 one of them was di"agged out of the nest, and 



