IV 



PEEFACE. 



and will still go to prove, that the status of intelligence and the 

 mental concepts in animal life are not a forlorn quest, but are 

 subjects which future naturalists will be enabled to compre- 

 hend — and to a no inconsiderable extent — from the bionomical 

 observations they will inherit from present workers. 



With such reflections, the contributors to ' The Zoologist ' 

 may rest assured that their contributions will ultimately be 

 recognized as something beyond detailing the curiosities of 

 animal existence, aDd the present tale of sixty-one volumes 

 may largely influence the future study of an adequate Animal 

 Psychology. 



