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At 3.20 a friend was taken into the nest. 

 3.35 a stranger „ „ 



3.52 „ „ „ 



4. 5 I put out four more friends and as many strangers. 

 4.45 a stranger was dropped into the water. 

 5.10 „ taken into the nest. 



O.Z'i „ ,, „ 



5.55 a friend was thrown into the water. 

 6. 4 a stranger „ „ 



6. 8 a friend was taken into the nest. 

 6.20 „ „ „ 



6.23 „ „ „ 



6.30 a stranger was dropped into the water. 

 6.50 a friend „ „ „ 



8. 5 a friend was taken into the nest. 

 Tn this case 2 friends were thrown into the water and 7 taken 

 into the nest ; while 6 strangers were thrown into the water and 

 3 were taken into the nest (all of these, 'however, were after- 

 wards hruught out again and thrown away). 



Dec. 8. Experimented with six friends and six strangers, begin- 

 ning at 11.30. 



At 11.30 a friend was carried to nest. 

 11.47 

 11.50 

 11.52 



11.56 a friend was dropped into water. 

 11.58 a stranger „ „ 



11.58 „ „ „ 



12 a stranger was carried to nest. 

 12. 2 „ )) ■ ji 



12. 3 „ „ „ 



I then put four more of each, replacing her by another as each 

 was carried off. 



At 12.42 a friend to water. 

 12.58 a stranger to water. 

 1 a friend to nest. 



^ V » 



-^ ;j iJ 



1.58 



1.59 „ . „ 



2.30 a stranger to water. 



2.30 



2,35 a stranger to nest. 



At 2.42 a stranger to water. 

 2.48 

 2.51 



2.52 „ „ 



2.55 a friend to nest. 

 2.55 a stranger to water. 

 2.55 „ „ 



3. 2 a friend to water. 

 3. 6 a stranger to water. 

 3.12 a friend to water, 



