NOTES. 389 



'" We may say, as a rule, that the proportion of instinct and intelligence 

 in an animal corresponds to the relative development of the spinal cord and 

 cerebrum. As a rule, also, the addition of the power to reason comes in 

 with the addition of a cerebrum, and is proportioned to its development. 

 Between the lowest Vertebrate and Man, therefore, we observe successive 

 types of intelligence. Intelligence, however, is not according to tlie size of 

 the brain (else Whales and Elephants would be wisest), but rather to llie 

 amount of gray matter in it. A honey-comb and an Oriole's nest aie con- 

 structed with more care and art than the hut of the savage. It is true, this 

 is no test of the capability of the animal in any other direction; but when 

 they are fashioned to suit circumstances, there is proof of intelligence in one 

 direction. 



'°^ An exception to the general rule that the smaller animals have more 

 acute voices. 



'"' It is wanting in a few, as the Storlis. 



"" The Nightingale and Crow have vocal organs similarly constructed, yet 

 one sings and the other cioaks. 



'"' These cells are detached portions of the parental organisms. Gener- 

 ally, these two kinds of cells are produced by separate sexes ; but in some 

 cases, as the Snail, they originate in the same individual. Such an animal, 

 in wliich the two sexes are combined, is called an hermaphrodite. 



"" The eggs of Mammals are of nearly uniform size ; those of Birds, 

 Insects, and most other animals are proportioned to the size and habits of 

 the adult. Thus, the egg of the jEpyornis, the great extinct bird of Mada- 

 gascar, has the capacity of fifty thousand Humming-birds' eggs. 



'"' As a general rule, when both sexes are of gay and conspicuous colors, 

 tlie nest is such as to conceal the sitting Bird ; while, whenever there is a 

 striking contrast of colors, tlie male being gay and the female dull, the nest 

 is open. Such as form no nest are many of the Waders, Swimmers, Scratch- 

 ers, and Goatsuckers. 



"° Tliis lies at first transversely to the long axis of the egg. As the chick 

 develops, it turns upon its side. 



"' The blood appears before the true blood-vessels, in intercellular spaces. 

 It is at first colorless, or yellowish. 



"'^ Exactly as the blood in the capillaries of the lungs is aerated by the 

 ■ external air. 



"3 Thus, tlie hollow wing-bone was at first solid, then a marrow-bone, and 

 finally a thin-walled pneumatic bone. The solid bones of Penguins are ex- 

 amples of arrested development. 



"'' The thigh-bone ossifies from five centres. Tlie bone eventually unites 

 to one piece. 



"' Muscle is mainly fibrine and myosin, while nerve is neurin. 



"* For this reason, Mammals are called viviparous ; but, strictly speaking, 

 they are as oviparous as Birds. The process of reproduction is the same, 

 \yhether the egg is hatched within the parent or without. The eggs of 

 Birds contain whatever is wanted for the development of the embryo, except 

 heat, which must come from witliout. Mammals, having no food-yolk, obtain 

 their nutrition from the blood of the parent, and after birth from milk. 



'" The larvje of Butterflies and Moths are called caiervillars ■ those of 



