WILD LIFE OF ORCHARD AND FIELD 



never do so without having a definite idea in their 

 minds as to the route, although it is often very long 

 and circuitous, and hence they almost invariably 

 succeed; otherwise, they do not try. It is not every 

 animal, by a long list, that deserts a new home the 

 moment the chain is loosed; only one, now and 

 then. In regard to the method used by them to 

 find their way, it appears that they have no special 

 instinct to guide them, but depend upon their mem- 

 ory of the route, the knowledge of which was ac- 

 quired by an attentive study through the senses of 

 sight, smell, and hearing, and that their search 

 may possibly be aided by communication with 

 other animals. The phenomenon, as a whole, 

 affords another very striking example of animal 

 intelligence. 



