INDEX 



Aiegn; Cathebiki;, her method 

 of training the perceptions of 

 school-children, 11, 12. 



Andrena, 13, 14. 



Animals, human traits in, 125-153, 

 190-192; homing instinct in, 

 126, 127; superior to man in cer- 

 tain powers, 126, 127; telepathy 

 in, 127, 128; unreasoning anger 

 in, 129, 130; the training of \rild, 

 131-133; courtsiiip among, 134, 

 135; gregarious instincts of, 135, 

 136; maternal affection in, 137; 

 conjugal affection in, 137, 138; 

 hermits among, 138; hostility 

 towards strangers among, 138; 

 grief and sympathy among, 139, 

 140; tear in, 140, 141; revenge 

 among, 142, 143; notions of 

 death among, 146; deception in, 

 146; cooperation in, 146, 147; 

 leadership among, 147, 148; 

 worry among, 148 ; terror among, 

 149; play of, 149, 150; imita- 

 tiveness in, ISO; the reasoning 

 powers of, 155-169; Hobhouse's 

 experiments on, 160-162; rela/- 

 tion of language to intelligence 

 in, 163,164; instincts in, 169-172, 

 177-198; their dependence on 

 Nature, 189, 190; the tools of, 

 195. 



Apes, relationship with man, 222- 

 224. 



April, joys of, 35-37. 



Arbutus, praise of, 33-35. 



Ash tree, 173. 



Autobiographic, 241-261. 



Baynes, Ernest Harold, hie young 



coons, 180, 181. 

 Bear, a story told by President 



Roosevelt, 128, 129; a trained, 



132. 



Bear, grizzly, a story told by 



President Roosevelt, 142, 143. 

 Beard, Dan, his "Animal Book," 

 160; his observation of an ich- 

 neumon-fly, 185. 



Beaver, lack of real intelligence in, 

 180, 194. 



Bees, a burrowing bee, 13, 14; 

 Fabre's experiment with a bee, 

 185. 



Birch, growing on rocks, 173—175. 



Birds, nesting-times of various, 31 ; 

 love, alarm, and fellowship notes 

 of, 40, 41 ; coxu?tship among, 43, 

 91-98, 134, 135; coloration of, 

 53-100; nesting-materials of, 77, 

 78; the gregarious, 88-90, 135, 

 136; their manner of carrying 

 things, 116, 117; conjugal affec- 

 tion in, 137, 138; home sense in, 

 138; learning songs, 150; taste 

 in, 151-153; cause and use of 

 song in, 151, 152. 



Bluebird CSialia sialie), a story of 

 love and rivalry, 38-43; notes of, 

 40, 41 ; coloration of, 88; decima- 

 tion and recovery of, 84. 



Bostock, Frank C, his "Training 

 of Wild Animals," 131, 132. 



Brakeman, an uninteUigent, 181. 



Browning, Robert, a text from, 

 263. 



Business, 256. 



Carlyle, Thomas, on evolution, 



215-219; quoted, 215. 

 Casarita, 181, 182. 

 Chance, 275, 276. 

 Chippy. See Sparrow, chipping. 

 Cicada, 17. 



Clover, red, fragrance of, 26, 27. 

 Color in animals, a study of, 51- 



100; effect of locality on, 59, 60; 



effect of cold on, 64, 65; effect of 



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