INDEX. 



329 



Rabbit, white tail of, 312. 



Race between geese and turkeys, 280. 



Savages, ancient and modern, 17. 



necessarily naturalists, 9-13. 

 Setter and pointer, origin of habits of, 



59- 

 Shape and speed of foal, j-^. 

 Sheep, falling on their horns, 178. 



habit of following leader, 182. 

 in the tropics, 169. 

 stupidity of, 170. 

 their need of human protec- 

 tion, 161. 

 Shepherd dog, origin of habits of, 



47- 

 Shetland pony, 94. 



Shying in horse, origin of, 82. 

 Snakes, mimicry of, 27S. 



universal dread of, 255. 

 Social virtues of gregarious animals, 



34- 

 Squeaking of pigs, use in nature of, 



222. 

 St John on fowls killing hawk, 278. 



on wild cats, 247. 

 Stamping of feet in sheep, 176. 

 Sure-footedness of donkey, origin of, 



Tabby and grey cats, 235. 

 Tail of ox, primary use of, 147. 



wagging in dogs of, 36, 52, 57. 

 use of, in horse, 103. 

 Tortoise-shell and sandy cats, 239. 

 Treatment of sick and wounded com- 

 rades, 155. 

 Trotting, 86, 87. 

 Turkeys, roosting habits of, 280. 

 Type, persistence of, 99. 



Unshorn seven-year-old ewe, 163. 



Wagging of tails, 36, 52, 57. 

 Watch-dog, origin of habits of, 32. 

 Weismann's theory, 128. 

 White, Gilbert, on earthworms, 26. 

 White tails in deer, 311. 



in rabbit, 312. 



utihty of. 314. 

 Wild ducks, voung, food of, 2S4. 

 Wolves and wild horses, 69. 



method of expressing pleasure, 



64. 



Wool of goal, 202. 



Yoke, use of, for oxen, 133. 



Zebra, coloration of, 112. 



rKINTFD BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS. 



