xii INSTANCES OF THE WONDER OF LIFE 



PAOI 



the migration of the Pacific Golden Plover . . .182 



the behaviour of newly hatched turtles .... 192 



movements keeping time with the tides .... 196 



the behaviour of young chicks 207 



lapwing's call-note heard from within the egg . . . 209 



instinctive behaviour of larval Sphex-wasp . . . 209 



sucking instinct of newly-born pig ..... 209 



effective first flights of young swallows . . . .210 



first webs of young spiders . . . . . .211 



Calicurgus wasp disabling a spider . . . . .212 



Ammophila wasp bruising caterpillar's head . . . 212 

 Fabre's experiments with Sphex wasp . . . .213 



foraging and warfare among Black Termites . . . 218 



unique tactics of Black Termite soldiers .... 222 



young moorhen's instinctive diving ..... 224 



young buzzards excited by first sight of adder . . . 225 



wild traits in tame animals ...... 226 



remarkable limitations of instinct ..... 227 



procession caterpillars going in a circle .... 228 



shortness of memory in caterpillars ..... 228 



instinct of lemmings to go straight on .... 229 



feigning death, at various levels ..... 230 



bluffing enemies, as it seems to us . . . . .231 



homing in ants and bees 233 



evidence of a sense of direction in bees .... 234 



local memory in limpets ....... 235 



crabs masking themselves with seaweed .... 236 



association of sensations in dogs and fishes . . . 242 



association in hermit-crabs ...... 245 



the trial and error method 246 



behaviour of the dancing mouse 247 



plasticity of instinct 253 



thinking horses of Elberfeld 255 



birds essential to the habitability of the earth . . . 266 



Nature as a vast system of linkages .... 267 



connexion between sea -gooseberries and fisheries . . 268 



connexion between fishes and malaria .... 269 



consequences of introducing mongoose into Jamaica . . 269 



fauna and flora of birds' feet 272 



distribution of seeds by ants 272 



