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INDEX 



"Royal Natural History," 65. 

 Ruffed grouse, tameness and wildness, 



179- 

 Ruminants, mental traits, 142. 



Sambar deer, Indian, killed by tiger, 

 279. 



Sambar deer, Malay, temperament, 

 18. 



Sanborn, Elwin R., experiments with 

 zebra, 259; keeper saved by, 141. 



Sanctuaries, game, 269; in Pennsyl- 

 vania, 59; recognition of, by birds, 

 176, wild goose, 176; wild species 

 benefited by, 231. 



Sanderson, G. P., on elephants, 101, 

 114, 283. 



Sandpipers, flight, 229. 



Sanity, definition, 8. 



Saras cranes, dance of, 240. 



Schlosser, Fred, keeper, 141. 



"Scientific Monthly," 69. 



Sciurus carolinensis, 165. 



Sea-lions, performances, 213; play of 

 young, 239. 



Serpents, fighting among, 195; psy- 

 chology, 201; venomous, 194; wis- 

 dom, 194. 



Sex crimes, 221. 



Shackleton, Sir Ernest, 267. 



Sheep, big-horn, comparative intelli- 

 gence, 41, 59; curiosity in, 149; leap, 

 147; mental attitude, 150; moun- 

 tain, attacked by eagles, 233; on 

 Pinacate, 148; philosophy of cap- 

 tured, 149; protection recognized 

 by, 146; Rocky Mountain big horn, 

 146; unafraid of man, 148. 



Sheep-killing dog, 223. 



Sherborn, C. Davies, 284. 



Sieber, Max, 155. 



Sign language, in elephant herd, 229; 

 in herds, 229. 



"Silver King," memory of capture, 

 135- 



Slaughter of wild animals by whalers, 

 267. 



Sloth bear, courage, 255; tempera- 

 ment, 17. 



Smith, Charles L., 55. 



Snake, charmers, of India, 201; 

 gopher, 197; hog-nosed, 200; hoop 

 snake fable, 200; removing epi- 

 dermis from, 197. 



Snakes, "charming" birds, 199; do 

 not swallow young, 200; feign 

 death, 200; peaceful toward each 

 other, 197. 



Sociable weaver bird, 65. 



"Soko," chimpanzee, resentfulness of, 

 72. 



Sonoran Desert, 163. 



Soul in man and animals, 314. 



Spider, trap-door, 46. 



Squirrels, barking habits of, 239; gray, 

 165; play, 238; red, 38, 169. 



Stage performances, 52. 



Starling, glossy, 187. 



Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 55; observes 

 wild animal play, 241. 



Sterna paradisaa, 174. 



Strategy, of musk-ox in defense, 253; 

 of quail, 262. 



Student, advice to, 5. 



Study, animal, methods of, n; of 

 birds, materials for, 191. 



"Stupidity, Adventures in," 69. 



"Sultan," serenity of, 266. 



Sun bear, Malay, temperament, 17, 

 128. 



"Susie," chimpanzee, 82. 



"Suzette," chimpanzee, failure in ma- 

 ternal instinct, 90; marriage with 

 "Boma," 90; performances of, 85. 



Swallow, 182. 



Swordfish, fighting reputation of, 300; 

 fight with whale, 284. 



Talking by birds, 186, 187. 



Taming a savage chimpanzee, 215. 



Tanager, scarlet, 173. 



Temperament, classification of, 14; 

 combative, 19; in animals, 14, 16; 

 nervous, 19; of apes, monkeys, 15; 

 bears, 17; birds, 178, 193; carni- 

 vores, 16; deer, 17, 18; elephant, 22; 

 fox, 17; giraffe, 24; hippopotamus, 



