xii INSTANCES OF THE WONDER OF LIFE 



the migration of the Pacific Golden Plover 



the behaviour of newly hatched turtles 



movements keeping time with the tides 



the behaviour of young chicks . 



lapwing's call-note heard from within the egg 



instinctive behaviour of larval Sphex-wasp 



sucking instinct of newly-born pig . 



eiiective first flights of young swallows 



first webs of young spiders 



Cahcurgus wasp disabling a spider . 



Ammophila wasp bruising caterpillar's head 



Pabre's experiments with Sphex wasp 



foraging and warfare among Black Termites 



unique tactics of Black Termite soldiers 



young moorhen's instinctive diving . 



young buzzards excited by first sight of adder 



wild traits in tame animals 



remarkable hmitations of instinct 



procession caterpillars going in a circle 



shortness of memory in caterpillars . 



instinct of lemmings to go straight on 



feigning death, at various levels 



blufBng enemies, as it seems to us . 



homing in ants and bees ... 



evidence of a sense of direction in bees 



local memory in hmpets .... 



crabs masking themselves with seaweed 



association of sensations in dogs and fishes 



association in hermit-crabs 



the trial and error method 



behaviour of the dancing mouse 



plasticity of instinct 



thinking horses of Elberfeld 



birds essential to the habitabiUty of the earth 



Nature as a vast system of linkages 



connexion between sea -gooseberries and fisheries 



connexion between fishes and malaria 



consequences of introducing mongoose into Jamaica 



fauna and flora of birds' feet . 



distribution of seeds by ants 



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