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 caU-note heard from within the egg 

 instinctive behaviour of larval Sphex-wasp 

 sucking instinct of newly-bom pig 

 effective first flights of young swallows 

 first webs of young spiders 

 Calieurgus wasp disabling a spider . 

 Ammophila wasp bruising caterpillar's head 

 Fabre'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 Umitations 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 

 blufSng enemies, as it seems to us . 

 homing in ants and bees 

 evidence of a sense of direction in bees 

 local memory in limpets .... 

 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 habitability of the earth 

 Nature as a vast system of linkages 

 coimexion between sea-gooseberries and fisheries 

 coimexion between fishes and malaria 

 consequences of introducing mongoose into Jamaica 

 fauna and flora of birds' feet . 

 distribution of seeds by ants 



FAOK 

 182 



192 



196 



207 



209 



209 



209 



210 



211 



212 



212 



213 



218 



222 



224 



225 



226 



227 



228 



228 



229 



230 



231 



233 



234 



235 



236 



242 



245 



245 



247 



253 



255 



266 



267 



268 



269 



269 



272 



272 



