Berry, Imitation in Cats 



TABLE VI. 

 M imitating X. 



second time she was put back after following X out, she turned 

 the button and scratched at the loop; but it was not until X had 

 opened the door four times that she pulled the loop hard enough 

 to open the door. She always pulled the loop with her claws, 

 whereas X generally used her teeth. 



Experiment ./. Getting Food by Turning Button. 



Method. — A hole three-fourths of an inch in diameter was bored 

 in the middle of Box I. This hole was covered both on the inside 

 and outside of the box by wooden buttons. Meat was placed in 

 the hole from the outside. To get the meat the cat had to turn 

 the inside button (see Fig i). 



Results. — ^X when put into the box turned the button in less 

 than five minutes. 



TABLE VII. 



M imitating X. 



Date 



Nov. 23 



Nov. 26 



Nov. 27 



Nov. 27 



Nov. 27 



Nov. 27 



Nov. 27 



Nov. 27 



Nov. 28 



Totals 



X GETS iMEAT 



M SEES 



M GETS MEAT 



Time 



15 



IS 



