INDEX. 



515 



PRI 



Prinia, 293 



Protozoa, movements of, 18 ; appa- 

 rent intelligence of, 19-21 



Provident instincts, of ants, 97-110; 

 of bees, 160-162 ; of a bird, 285 ; 

 of rodents, 353, 354, and 365, 366 ; 

 of beaver, 368-70 



Puffins, niditication of, 291, 292 



Pugnacity, of ants, 45 ; of bees, 165- 

 70; of spiders, 204-5; of fish, 

 242 ; of seal, 341-6 ; of rabbits, 

 355 ; of rat-hare, 365, 366 ; of 

 canine animals, 426 



Python, tame, affection of, &c., 256 

 and 260-2 



QUARTERLY REVIEW, on in- 

 telligence of rats, 360, 361 

 Quatrefages, on termites, 198 



RABBIT, 354-7 

 Rabigot, on fondness of spiders 

 for music, 206 



Bae, Dr. John, on intelligence of 

 horse, 331 ; of wolverine, 348 ; of 

 wolves and foxes, 429, 430 ; of 

 dog, 465, 466 



Rae, on dog ringing bell, 423 



Ransom, Dr., on sticklebacks, 245 



Rarey, his method of taming horses, 

 328, 329 



Rats, 360-3 



Rattlesnake, alleged fascination by, 

 263 



Ravens, breaking shells by dropping 

 them on stones, 283 



Razor-fish, intelligence of, 25 



Reason, definition of, and distin- 

 guished from instinct, 13-17 ; ex- 

 hibitions of, by various animals, 

 see under sections headed ' general 

 intelligence ' 



Reaumur, on intelligence of ants, 

 128 ; sympathy of bees, 156 ; 

 carpenter-bee, 179 ; encasing snail 

 with propolis, 190; conveying 

 carrion out of hive, 191 ; experi- 

 ments on instincts of caterpillars, 

 237 ; on larrae chasing aphides, 

 240 



ROG 



Reclain, Professor C, on spider de- 

 scending to violin-player, 205, 

 206 



Recognition of persons, by bees, 

 188 ; by snakes and tortoises, 

 269-61 : of places, by mollusca, 

 27-9 ; by ants, 33 et seq. ; by bees, 

 144 et seq. : of offspring, by ear- 

 wig, 229: of portraits, see Birds 

 and Dogs : of other members of a 

 hive by ants and bees, see Ants 

 and Bees 



Reeks, H., oa collective instinct of 

 wolves, 436 



Reflex action, 2-4 



Reid, Dr., on mathematical princi- 

 ples observed by bees in con- 

 structing their cells, 171 



Rengger, on maternal care and grief 

 of a cebus, 472 ; monkeys dis- 

 playing intelligent observation, 

 479; using levers, 481 



Reproach, shown by gestures of 

 monkeys 475-478 



Reptiles, 255-265; emotions of, 255, 

 256, and 260-2; incubating eggs, 

 sexual and parental affection of, 

 256 ; general intelligence of, 256- 

 263; fascination by, 263, 264; 

 charming of, 264, 265 



Reyne, his observations on snake- 

 charming, 264, 265 



Rhizojjoda, apparent intelligence of, 

 19-21 



Richards, Captain, on pilot-fish, 

 252 



Richardson, Mrs. A. S. H., on elephant 

 concealing theft, 410; on dog 

 finding its way home by train, 

 468, 469 



Ridicule, dislike of, by dogs and 

 monkeys, see Ludicrous 



Risso, M., on habits of pipe-fish, 

 246 



Robertson, Professor G. Croom, on 

 behaviour of an ape with a mirror, 

 478, 479 



Robin, intelligence of, 314 



Rodents, 353 



Rodwell, on intelligence of rats, 

 360-2 



Rogue-elephants, see Elephant 



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