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the migration of the Pacific Golden Plover - > ; ^ . . 182 



the behaviour of newly hatched turtles . , ,. . . 192 



movements keeping time with the tides . . ; r - . 196 



the behaviour of young chicks . ..-. .;-,,. ; . : * . 207 



lapwing's call-note heard from within the egg . . . 209 



instinctive behaviour of larval Sphex-wasp . . . 209 



sucking instinct of newly-born pig . t . . . 209 



effective first flights of young swallows .... 210 



first webs of young spiders ^y;;,< ,. f /.; * .. ..# . .211 



Calicurgus wasp disabling a spider . . >. . . 212 



Ammophila wasp bruising caterpillar's head *. . . 212 



Fabre's experiments with Sphex wasp .,*'.., 213 



f oraging and warfare among Black Termites . , r , 218 



unique tactics of Black Termite soldiers . . . . 222 



young moorhen's instinctive diving . ,.',,, ' ... 224 



young buzzards excited by first sight of adder . , ..; . 225 



wild traits in tame animals . , . , ,. *..,. . 226 



remarkable limitations of instinct .. . , f . i ? , . 227 



procession caterpillars going in a circle * . . , . 228 



shortness of memory in caterpillars . . , ,,, . 228 



instinct of lemmings to go straight on . . , , 229 



feigning death, at various levels .* ...... ; > :.;,,. f . 230 



bluffing enemies, as it seems to us . . f ,-,;. 231 



homing in ants and bees , .. ( .,,^i .,.*;* A ; . 233 



evidence of a sense of direction in bees . * f: . 234 



local memory in limpets . . . . , ; . - ... ,; r 235 



crabs masking themselves with seaweed . ,, fi f ,. . 236 



association of sensations in dogs and fishes . . . , . 242 



association in hermit-crabs ... , ,, : . ; , , . V; ! > * -,- , 245 



the trial and error method ;.# . , ,*>,,, v>i.# :.' . ,,,>: 245 



behaviour of the dancing mouse . ...... , , , l; - ._, .-,-, 247 



plasticity of instinct . . , . . ,-,... . , > 253 



thinking horses of Elberfeld , .. ,f,'. ..-.- ',*-. 255 



birds essential to the habitability of the earth . . f f 266 



Nature as a vast system of linkages .^, ,. , ,,.. ,,.., . ; ^, 267 



connexion between sea -gooseberries and fisheries , .,,,., 268 



connexion between fishes and malaria *,. ; , >. :T , , . .,;, f 269 



consequences of introducing mongoose into Jamaica . ,.,, 269 



fauna and flora of birds' feet . , lf j if ,^. ; ,,,.,. ; ,. 272 



distribution of seeds by ants ,^^* : > -^v;r; v :;.,* .. $ 272 



