518 



INDEX. 



SYL 



Sylvia, 293 



Sympathy, of ants, 46-9 ; of bees, 

 155-6; of fish, 242; of birds, 

 270-6; of horse, 331-2; of ru- 

 minants, 334 ; of elephants, 387- 

 92, and 397, 398 ; of cat, 416 ; of 

 monkeys, 471-5 



TAIT, LAWS ON, on cat signing to 

 have bell pulled, 423 



Talegallus, nidification of, 294 



Taylor, the Rev. Mr., cunning of his 

 dog, 451 



Tegetmeier, on amount of sugar re- 

 quired by bees to make honey, 

 176 



Telescope-fish, 246 



Tennent, Sir E., on apparent intel- 

 ligence of land-leeches, 24 ; in- 

 telligence of tree-ants, 134 ; my- 

 gale eating humming birds, 208 ; 

 climbing-perch, 249 ; sexual aflPec- 

 tion of cobra, 246 : snake-charm- 

 ing, 264, 265 ; taming of cobra, 

 265 ; nidification of baya-bird, 

 294 ; combined action of crows, 

 319, 320; of buffaloes, 335; use 

 of tame buffalo, 335 ; on emotions 

 and intelligence of elephant, 389, 

 390, 393-6, 400-8; collective in- 

 stinct of jackals, 432, 433 



Tepper, Mr. Otto, on intelligence of 

 a cat, 424 



Termites, 198-203 ; architecture, 

 198, 199, and 201, 202 ; workers 

 and soldiers, 200, 201 ; swarming, 

 breeding, &c., 202 ; remarkable 

 similarity of instincts to those of 

 Hymenoptera, 202 ; instincts de- 

 trimental to individual but bene- 

 ficial to species, 202, 203 



Terns, sympathy of, for wounded 

 companions, 274, 275 ; robber, 

 284 ; mobbing robber-terns, 291 



Tlieda isocrates, 238 



Theuerkauf, Herr G., on intelligence 

 of ants in making a bridge of 

 aphides over tar, 136 



Thompson, E. P., on bees remem- 

 bering exact position of absent 

 hive, 149; on garden-spider's 



VIL 



mode of web-building, 210, 211 ; 

 ant-lion, 234, 2.35; emotions of 

 guana, 255, 256; fascination by 

 snakes, 264 ; nidification of soci- 

 able grosbeak, 295, 296 ; birds 

 dreaming, 312; maternal affec- 

 tion of whale, 327; bisons de- 

 fending themselves from wolves, 

 334, 335 ; pigs defending them- 

 selves from wolves, 339 ; cleanli- 

 ness of pig, 340, 341 ; intelligence 

 of weasel, 346 ; of mouse, 361 ; 

 harvesting- mice, 365, 366 



Thomson, Dr. Allen, on scorpions 

 committing suicide, 223-5 



Thornton, Colonel, his sow trained 

 to point game, 340 



Thresher-fish, 252, 253 



Thrushes, breaking shells against 

 stones, 283 



Ti7iiea, 237 



Toads, 254, 255 



Tomtit, nidification of, 293 



Topham, Dr. J., on spiders weight- 

 ing their webs, 222 



Topham, Mr. J., on bees remember- 

 ing exact position of absent hive, 

 149 



Tortoises, knowing persons, 259 



Townsend, the Rev. W., on elephant 

 concealing theft, 410 ; on dog 

 finding its way about by train, 

 468-9 



Truro, Lord, on intelligence of a dog, 

 450 



Turner, George, on bees remembering 

 exact position of absent hive, 149 



Turnstones, intelligence of, 321 



Turtles, 257, 258, and 262 



VAJLLANT, Le, on fascination by 

 tree-snake, 263, 264 



Valiant, L., on nidification of soci- 

 able grosbeak, 296 



Venn, on association of ideas in 

 parrot, 267, 268 



Vigot, Dr., on snake finding way 

 home, 262 



Villiers, De, on instincts of larvae of 

 bombyx moth, 240 



