■NESTS OF THE REPUBLICAN. 



INSTINCT AND INTELLIGENCE. 



CHAPTEE III. 



73. Habitations for the yoxing provided more frequently than for 

 the adults. — 74. Birds' nests. — 75. Nest of the baya. — 76. Njst 

 of the Sylvia sutoria.-^77. Anti-social instinct of carnivorous animals. 

 — 78. Their occasional association for predaceous excursions. — 79. 

 Assemblies of migratory animals. — 80. Example of the migratory 

 pigeons of America. — -81. The beaver. — 82. Their habitations. — 83. 

 Process of building their villages. — 84. These acts all instinctive. — 

 85. Low degree of intelligence of the beaver. — 86. Method of catching 

 the animal. — 87. Social instinct of birds — The republican. — SS. 

 Habitation of wasps. — 89. Formation of the colony — Birth of neuters. 

 — 90. Males and females. — 91. Structure of the nest. ^-92. Form and 

 structure of the comb. — 93. Process of building the nest and con- 

 structing the combs.- — 94. Division of labour among the society. — J5. 

 Number and appropriation of the cells. — 96. Doors of exit and 

 entrance. — 97. Avenue to the entrance. — 98. Inferior animals not 

 devoid of intelligence. — 99. Examples of memory. — 100. Memory of 

 the elephant — Anecdote. — 101. Memoiy of fishes. — 102. Examples 

 of reasoning in the dog. — 103. Singular anecdote of a watch-dog. — 

 104, Low degree of intelligence of rodents and ruminants proved by 

 Cnvier's observations. — 105. titelligence of the pachydermata — the 

 elephant — the horse — the pig — the peoari — the wild boar. — 106. Tho 

 quadrumana. — 107. Cuvier's observations on the ourang-outang — 

 marks of his great intelligence. 



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