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homing horse — Sense of direction in man — A gaucho's 

 testimony — Sudden recovery of the sense of direction 

 — Comments ......■• i35 



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Migration unrelated to a sense of direction — Personal 

 observations — The old simple account of the pheno- 

 menon — Migration a mystery still — Newton and 

 Addison: the supernatural theory — Dr. Henry More 

 — Erasmus Darwin and his tradition theory — Wallace 

 and others — Canon Tristram's theory of the origin of 

 hfe in the Arctic regions — Glacial epochs and Seebohm 

 in search of evidence — -Benjamin Kidd and the simple 

 sun theory — Aspects of migration in England — ^We are 

 still left wondering — Recent futile methods of attacking 

 the problem — A new method suggested . . -157 



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Aspects of migration in southern South America — ^Migrants 

 from the northern hemisphere — ^The abundance of 

 bird life — Golden plover — Eskimo curlew — Buff- 

 breasted sandpiper — Glossy ibis — Cow-bird — ^MUitary 

 starling — Upland plover — The beautiful has vanished 

 and returns not ....... 171 



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The migrants' cry — Unrest previous to departure — Upland 

 plover, swallows and others — Demonstrative and un- 

 demonstrative species — Parental solicitude — Swifts and 

 house-martins — Strange case of a captive cuckoo — 

 Night migration of diurnal species — Woodland migrants 

 on the pampas — Reluctant migrants — ^Thistledown as 



