rooster will at once exclaim loudly and in a more higher tone and 

 quicker tempo, similar like this: "Took, took, took!" alarming 

 thereby his family to rush for their safety back to the barn, or, 

 if too distant, to the next sheltering bush. 



All these manifestations show plainly that these birds have 

 gradually adopted certain rational forms and methods for the 

 benefit of their mutual welfare; and the rooster, feeling instinc- 

 tively (intuitively) to be the master and consequently the pro- 

 tector, who is morally responsible for his subjects, must exert 

 available modes which will answer the questions of their social 

 welfare. 



Alarms, to warn the members of the colony in cases of danger, 

 have also been observed among prairie dogs. So far as the eye is 

 able to overlook the prairie, numbers of little hills will be ob- 

 served; each is mounted by a prairie dog, solely for the purpose 

 to overlook the place and watch for danger. And as soon as an 

 unwelcome individual is approaching the colony, the first one who 

 discovers the intruder will alarm the others by certain barking 

 sounds, and upon this they all disappear into the midst of their 

 dives and remain there till all danger is out of sight. 



The various forms of cries and sounds of birds and some 

 other organic beings, when they are uttered under the influences 

 of meteorological changes and disturbances, may also be classified 

 under alarm and signal cries, that is, merely of a secondary order. 

 Although these expressions represent not a direct warning of 

 danger, yet they seem to demonstrate strongly excited emotional 

 effects, though the weather exerts a great influence upon the 

 organic system, creating different pleasant and unpleasant feel- 

 ings. For this reason, such animals may feel instinctively moved 

 to demonstrate their impression to other fellow-beings, and at the 

 same time calling the public attention to these influences and make 

 them a matter of general contemplation. 



It has been also recorded that, if the peacock continuously 

 cries before retiring rain will be expected. The same has been 

 observed with chickens. Loud and continuous singing of the 

 robin during the forenoon, it is claimed, indicates rain. Peacocks 

 and canaries become excited and noisy in the evening preceding 

 a stormy day, and it is furthermore noticed that seismic dis- 



