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sensitive to ridicule. We knew of a cat that was quite con- 
scious if spoken of in a disparaging manner, and testified his 
disapprobation by arching his tail, holding himself very stiff 
indeed, and marching slowly out of the room. 
There is, however, another form of pride which is often to 
be seen among the lower animals, but more especially among 
birds notable for gaudy or abundant plumage. This is the 
pride which manifests itself in personal appearance. Vanity 
is the name which is currently applied to this form of pride. 
Those who have observed a peacock in all the glory of his 
starry train will recognize the intense pride he feels at his 
own splendor. This display of his magnificent train is not 
for the purpose of attracting the homage of his plainly- 
attired mates solely, but seems to be intended to evoke 
the admiration of human beings as well. Not even the 
homage of birds, whom he regards his inferiors, is to be 
despised. 
We have seen him, with his train fully spread, displaying 
his grandeur around a dozen or more barn-yard fowls, and 
apparently as satisfied with the effect he produced, as he 
stalked majestically among them, as if he had been sur- 
rounded by his own kithandkin. Then there is the turkey. 
No movements are more grotesque than his. See him as he 
struts about in his nuptial plumage, and yet no bird, notwith- 
standing the ludicrousness of his behavior, surveys himself 
with greater complacency. The whidah-bird, or widow- 
bird, as it is often called, exhibits this trait of character in its 
highest development. He is wonderfully proud of his beau- 
tiful tail, and, as long as he wears it, loses no opportunity of 
displaying it to every person who visits his cage. But when 
the moulting season has arrived, and he has taken on the 
plain, tailless attire of his mate, a change as great has come 
over his manner, and, instead of exhibiting himself in all his 
pride and glory, he mopes listlessly and stupidly about, and 
seemingly ashamed of his mean condition. In all these 
instances the character of pride in personal appearance is 
