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INDEX. 



M'CR 



ing comrades with aphides- secre- 

 tion, 63-4; keeping cocci and 

 caterpillars, 64 ; warfare, 78, 

 81-3 ; sleep and cleanliness, 84- 

 87 ; play, 88 ; funeral habits, 89- 

 91 ; agricultural, 97, 103-10 ; 

 modes of mining, 108 ; swarming 

 habits of agriculturals, 108-9 ; 

 carrying one another, 109-10 ; 

 removing nest from shade of tree, 

 131 ; cutting leaves from shading 

 tree, 131-2; co-operation in cut- 

 ting grass, 132 



M'Cready, on larva of MeduscB suck- 

 ing nutriment from parent, 34 



Meek, his cat trying to catch image 

 behind mirror, 415-16 



Meenan, on a wasp carrying heavy 

 prey up an elevation in order to 

 fly away with it, 197 



Melanerjjes formidvorus^ 285 



Melia tessellata, 233-4 



Melipona domestica, form of its 

 ceils, 173-6 



Melothrus, 309-10 



Memory, of mollusca, 25-9 ; of 

 ants, 39-45 ; of bees, 151-5 ; of 

 beetles and earwig, 226-30 ; of 

 batrachians, 255 ; of reptiles, 

 259 et seq. ; of birds, 266-70 ; of 

 horse, 330 ; of elephant, 386-7 ; 

 of dog, 438 ; of monkey, 497 



Menault, on eagle submitting to 

 surgical operation, 313-14; on 

 mason bee, 178-9 



Merian, Madame, on ants of visita- 

 tion, 130; mygale spider eating 

 humming-birds, 208 



Merrell, Dr., on instinct of American 

 cuckoo, 305-6 



Mice, 360-4 



Migration, of caterpillars, 238 ; of 

 crabs, 232; of fish, 248-50; of 

 reptiles, 257-8; of birds, 266; 

 of mammals, 341-50, and 368 



Mildmay, Sir Henry, on pigs learn- 

 ing to point game, 339-40 



Mill, John S., on instinct of cruelty 

 in man, 413 



Miller, Prof., calculations regard- 

 ing form of bee's cell, 173 



Mind, subjective and objective 



HON 



analysis of, 1; evidence of, 2; 

 criterion of, 4-8 



Mischievousness, fondness of, shown 

 by monkeys, 485 et seq. 



Mitchell, on fish removing eggs 

 from disturbed nest, 251 



Mitchell, Major, on habits of Coni- 

 lurus constructo?', 326 



Mivart, on instincts of sphex- 

 wasps, 181 



Mobbing instinct in birds, 291 



Mobius, Prof., on commensalism 

 between crab and anemone, 233 



Moggridge, on ants: sympathy of, 

 48 ; suggestion to Mr. Hague, 56 ; 

 warfare of, 79-81 ; keeping pets, 

 83; harvesting, 97-8 and 100- 

 2 ; division of labour, 98 ; har- 

 vesters using burrows made by 

 elater, 130; intelligent adapta- 

 tion to artificial conditions, 130 ; 

 co-operation in cutting grass, &c., 

 133. On trap-door spiders cover- 

 ing trap-doors with moss, &c., 

 214-15 ; making trap-door at ex- 

 posed end of accidentally inverted 

 tube, 215-216; perfection of 

 dwellings built by young spiders, 

 216-17 ; manner in which instinct 

 of making trap-doors probably 

 arose, 217-18 



Mollusca, intelligence of, 25-30 



Monboddo, Lord, on snake finding 

 way home, 262' 



Monkeys, 471-98 ; general remarks 

 on psychology of, 471 and 497- 

 98; emotions of, 471-8; affec- 

 tion and sympathy, 471-5 ; 

 reproach, 475-6; ludicrous, 476, 

 485, 48T, 490; play, 476-77; 

 curiosity, 477; imitation, 477; 

 rage, jealousy, and revenge, 478 ; 

 memory of, 497 ; general intelli- 

 gence of, 478; behaviour with 

 mirror, 478-9 and 495-6 ; pick- 

 ing shells off eggs, and taking 

 care not to be stung by wasps in 

 paper, 479 ; intelligence of Mr. 

 Belt's, 480 ; disentangling chains, 

 480 and 486-8; raking in objects 

 with sticks or cloths, 480 and 

 486 ; drawing chair to stand upon. 



