the animal world, an immense array of new 

 facts are hidden away, or are slowly coming 

 to light as nature students follow the wild 

 things in their native haunts and find how 

 widely they differ one from another of the 

 same kind, and how far they transcend the 

 printed lists of habits that are supposed to 

 belong to them. 



We were too long content with the ugly 

 telegraph pole and wire as the limit of per- 

 fection in communication ; and we have been 

 too well satisfied with the assumption that 

 animals are governed by some queer, un- 

 known thing called instinct, and that all are 

 ' alike that belong to the same class. That 

 is true only outwardly. It is 

 enough to give the animal a 

 specific name, but no more ; and 

 animal's name or species is 

 not the chief thing 

 about him. You are 

 not through with In- 

 dians when you have 

 determined their 



