INDEX 



325 



89; opinion of, by Dr. Lightner Wit- 

 mer, 88; performance of, 86. 



Philetcerus socius, 65. 



Phillips, John M., 136, 148, 181. 



Philosophy of peace, 222. 



Pika, Rocky Mountain, 166. 



Pinacate Mountain sheep, 148. 



Play, of apes and monkeys, 236; arc- 

 tic fox, 241 ; captive bears, 234; 

 caribou fawns, 241; cranes, 240; 

 deer and bison, 239; lion, 239; 

 mountain animals, 233; otter, 239; 

 polar bears, 235; sea-lions, 239; 

 squirrels, 238; tiger, 239; wolf, 239; 

 young wild animals, dangerous, 

 233- 



Plover, golden, migration, 173. 



Polar bear, fears firearms, 263; fear of 

 man, 128; murder of cage- mate by, 

 291; play, 235; prominent traits, 

 128; "Silver King," memory, 135; 

 trained by William Hagenbeck, 



211. 



"Polly," chimpanzee, assists "Do- 

 hong" with lever, 78; language test 

 with, 31. 



Poonans, houseless, 68. 



Potter, Dr. Martin J., 214. 



Prairie dog, 168; burrowing habits, 

 60. 



Predatory animals, 168. 



Primate House, exhibition of monkey 

 language in, 33 ; vocal performances 

 in, 29. 



Primitive courage, of grizzly bear, 

 246; of penguins, 267. 



"Proceedings of London Zoological 

 Society," 284. 



Protection, appreciated by bears, 129; 

 by birds, 176; by deer, 59; by geese, 

 176; by sheep, 146; by various spe- 

 cies, 231, 269. 



"Psychological Clinic," 89. 



Puffin, nest, 182. 



Pugnacity hi birds, 191. 



Puma, attacks mule deer, 278; 

 scream, 37; temperament, 17. 



Pump shotguns, deadliness, 251. 



Punishments for elephants, 259. 



Pycraft, quoted on gardener bower 



bird, 184. 



Pygmy elephant, African, 103, 106. 

 Pygmy hippopotamus, temperament, 



23- 

 Python, kills trainer, 302; wisdom, 



197. 



Quail, courage, 242; dulness of in- 

 stinct in, 180; foolish theory of 

 "scattering," 181; Gambel's, 181; 

 strategy, 262. 



Quarters, training, work in, 208. 



Quinn, John, keeper, 289. 



Rabbit, cotton-tail, 167; killed in 

 Pennsylvania, 58, 167; nest of, 58. 



Rainey, Paul J., African pictures by, 

 264. 



"Rajah," orang-utan, 74; perform- 

 ance by, 75, 76. 



Rat, brown, 54. 



Rat, desert kangaroo, 165. 



Rat, pack, 42; fortress, 164; trading 

 habits, 162; white-throated, 153. 



Rattlesnake, 196. 



Raven, talking by, 187. 



Reptile House, invaded by elephant, 

 120. 



Reptiles, rareiy commit murder, 299. 



Rhinoceros, alleged charge, 158; com- 

 parative intelligence, 41; tempera- 

 ment, 23. 



Richards, Dick, keeper, 36, 103, 108, 

 122, 311. 



Rights of wild animals, 49-53. 



Robin, 183. 



Rock, Richard W., killed by pet buf- 

 falo, 297. 



Rodents, mental traits, 160. 



Rogue elephant, 223; attacks train, 

 258, 259. 



Romanes, George J., 4. 



Roosevelt, Colonel Theodore, 158; 

 dauntless courage, 242 ; on charge of 

 rhinoceros, 263. 



Ross, A. E., 123. 



