INSTINCT AND INTELLIGENCE. 



most seductive prey will not attract Lim ; and even when the 

 cause of danger is not present, the desired ohjeot is long regarded 

 with suspicion. The wolf therefore, observes Leroy, must neces- 

 sarily have an abstract idea of the danger, since he cannot he 

 supposed to have a knowledge of the snares which are spread for 

 him on any particular occasion. 



112. The following curious anecdote of the habits of hawks and 

 falcons is related by M. Dureau de la MaUe.* 



These birds, when they return from the pursuit of their^jprey 



at the season when their younglings have become sufficiently 



fledged to rise on the wing, 

 bring back in their talons 

 some object, such as a mouse 

 or sparrow, which they have 

 kUled, for the purpose of giv- 

 ing a lesson to their young 

 in the art of capturing their 

 prey. These birds are ob- 

 served to have peculiar calls, 

 which their yoimg understand, 

 and which are always repeated 

 for the same purpose. M. de 

 la MaUe, who had a lodging 

 in the Louvre, observed one 

 day a male and female falcon 

 thus returning and bringing 

 with them a dead sparrow in 

 their talons. They soared in 

 the air over their nest, calling 

 their younglings with the cry 

 intended to summon them to 



rise on the wing. When the young birds thus rose, the old ones, 



■" Memoire sui- le deTellspement des facultcs intellectudles des Aaimaaa. 

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