236 ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE 
is especially made now to movements produced re- 
flexly. 
When placed on a table, the young rabbit moves 
about in a circle, in a half-crawling fashion, and feeling 
the way, as it were, with the head. 
It uses the paws fairly well to get rid of anything, eg. 
a feather put against the mouth. 
It is easy enough now to make out the colowr of the 
various members of the litter. 
The ears are held back and down only as yet, still 
there is an approach to the position of the ears, at times 
of old rabbits. 
When irritating substances are put before the nose 
the ears are moved, probably reflexly. 
They are still both blind and deaf. 
9th day.—Twitching, as in the case of puppies and 
kittens, is noticed during sleep. 
10th day.—The eyes of some of the litter are now 
open. 
When I produce a short, sharp sound by a dog-whistle, 
taking care that they do not feel the blast of air, they 
move, turn the head to one side, and also move the ears. 
The effect is less pronounced after two or three trials 
(exhaustion) though very marked at first. 
Can get no clear evidence of vision, nor any eye 
reflexes, such as winking. 
There is such a tendency to jump about that one 
almost leaped from my hands, though the source of the 
stimulus was not obvious. 
11th day.—The eyes of some are not yet open. 
13th day.—A_ great advance in growth is to be 
observed within a very few days. 
‘When one touches the nose, or other parts of the head, 
they almost jwmp out of the nest, reminding me of an 
animal reacting to a stimulus, when under the influence 
of strychnine. 
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