WILD LIFE OF ORCHARD AND FIELD 



XIII 



HOW ANIMALS GET HOME 



NE of the most striking powers 

 possessed by animals is that of 

 finding their way home from a 

 great distance, and over a road 

 with which they are supposed 

 to be unacquainted. It has long 

 been a question whether we are 

 to attribute these remarkable per- 

 formances to a purely intuitive 

 perception by the animal of the di- 

 rection and the practicable route 

 to his home, or whether they are 

 the results of a conscious study of 

 the situation and a definite car- 

 rying-out of well-judged plans. 



Probably the most prominent 

 example of this wonderful power 

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