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should be on his guard against statements of a too 

 sweeping character. My own observations, etc., on the 

 chick, agree pretty well with those of Prof. Lloyd 

 Morgan on young pheasants ("Nature" vol. xl.,p. 575).* 



It will be seen from my records that even in the 

 same clutch of chickens there are marked individual 

 differences. Thus one may strike a crumb accurately 

 every time it pecks, and pick it up on the first attempt ; 

 another misses, or shows great difficulty in getting it 

 into the mouth. 



But few remarks are called for in the diary, in view 

 of what has already been published on the chick by 

 others. 



I call special attention to the failure of the chicks to 

 be frightened at any time within my records (fourteen 

 days) by the pigeons placed amongst them, in a way 

 that one would have supposed might have called forth 

 any instinctive dread of a rather large flying bird. 



My own impression is that chicks do not, in all cases, 

 show fear when the shadow of a bird, as a hawk, passes 

 over them. In other words, instinct is not the hard 

 and fast thing it is sometimes supposed to be. 



The sense of support, not referred to by other 

 observers, is well marked. 



The chick is very sensitive to cold, though I think 

 less so than the pigeon, except in, perhaps, the case of 

 the most delicate varieties, as pure-bred bantams. 



Some Conclusions on the Chick. The Chick and the 

 Pigeon, etc., Compared. 



The chick, when it emerges from the shell, or very 

 soon afterwards certainly within a few hours can see, 



* See also this author's "Habit and Instinct." 



