178 ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE 



fluid at 1| inch. Dislike manifested by turning the 

 head away and putting up the paw to nose, as if to push 

 away something. The mouth is also opened. 



Kitten licks with evident pleasure at some candy. 

 It licks at salt also, but soon shows disgust. Aloes 

 give a doubtful reaction. 



When the foot is pinched the kitten now cries out 

 sharply. 



There is a noticeable improvement in locomotor 

 action. 



It is impossible for me to convince myself that any 

 of the kittens see. There is a strong tendency to keep 

 the eyes closed a good part of the time. The winking 

 reflex is not produced by moving objects before the 

 eyes, but follows only when the hairs of the lids are 

 reached, or the lids themselves, or some other part of the 

 face or the head is touched. 



On the other hand, both a sharp sound from the whistle 

 and a loud sound, imitative of a bark, causes the kittens 

 to start, but a hissing sound affects them most, and at a 

 distance of 3 to 4 feet will cause them to open the 

 mouth and hiss. 



The ears now move reflexly to sound, but turn 

 towards the point from which sound comes, or, at all 

 events, towards the side rather than straight back, as 

 in dogs, or as in rabbits, etc. 



Quivering of the ears is noticed, but the cause is not 

 obvious. They turn to the quarter from which sound 

 comes. 



Wth day. No clear evidence of power to distinguish 

 objects by the eyes as yet. The ears are noticed to 

 move without any apparent stimulus. The quivering 

 still continues. With each mew the kitten shuts its 

 eyes. 



A sharp whistle causes the animal to start, but the 

 ears move but little. The kittens crawl rather than 



