132 Instinct and Intelligence 



tion areas of a dog's brain as compared with 

 those of a human being are of a rudimentary 

 type; nevertheless, dogs certainly possess a 

 certain amount of intelligence or reasoning 

 power. For instance, Darwin, when referring 

 to this subject, gives the following details re- 

 garding the sagacity displayed by a dog 

 belonging to a Mr. Colquhoun; this gentleman 

 when out shooting winged two wild ducks, 

 which fell on the opposite side of a stream. His 

 retriever tried to bring over both birds at once, 

 but could not succeed; she then, though never 

 before known to ruffle a feather, deliberately 

 killed one of the ducks, brought over the other, 

 and returned for the dead bird. Colonel 

 Hutchinson relates that two partridges were 

 shot at once, one being killed, the other 

 wounded ; the latter ran away, and was caught 

 by the retriever, who on her return came across 

 the dead bird; she stopped, evidently greatly 

 puzzled, and after one or two trials finding she 

 could not take it up without permitting the 

 escape of the winged bird, she considered a 

 moment, then deliberately murdered it by giv- 

 ing it a severe crunch, and afterwards brought 



