40 Instinct and Memory exhibited by the [January, 4 
hand, where he lay upon his back without a struggle, nor offering d 
to bite, except once when the pain seemed greater than he could 
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endure, and then he only pressed his nose against my finger with 
his mouth closed... During the whole operation those keen, full, 
black, eyes gazed steadily into my own without following, so far, S 
as. 1 could; observe, the movements ,about him. , He. did not, 
remove the splints a second time, nor did I see him make any, 
effort to.do.so, .When.the bones had knit together sufficiently, 1 4 
removed .the splints, and he used: his leg well but it was.a little 
stiff. 
Did this |squirrel, after wearing the splints for a short time, find : 
that the pain was more intense without them. than with them? 
Did he discover on removing the splints an increase of pain, and 
connect that increase as an effect with itsicause ? Did, he com; 
nect the présence of the splints upon -his leg for the first time 
with the treatment he had) received in the morning? . Had he a 
reached the conclusion that the first treatment was for his relief 
and, therefore, would submit to a second treatment? Had he 
learned through | his experience with the first splint on and off, 
that it was, for the time, the right thing in the right place? 
And did that’ experience lead to a decision not to remove. the, : 
splints a second time? If these questions are answered in the 
affirmative, this little in ane manifested no low degree of intelliz A 
gence. 
thrée squirrels, two! of them had escaped, Skip’ alone remained 
and in regard 'to his preferences jas, to kinds of food, it may be 
said that he preferred nuts to anything) else, but would also eat 
apples, cakes of various kinds and bread with apparent relish. 
Occasionally he. would take a little fresh meat, both raw and 
cooked, but the amount was. always small. While the three 
squirrels were. together and quite young, I introduced a large 
moth, Saturnia io, into the cages this resulted in a frantic eer 
gle on the part of ithe squirrels, each struggling for the moth ; 
was soon captured, the wings torn from the body, and the pie: 
abdomen, charged with eggs, eaten by one of them. They would 
also capture and:kill any beetles placed in the cage, but would 
Before the onth of October following: the capii of these : 
Seen 
rarely eat them. I, once introduced a young chipping sparrow. — 
alive, not yet feathered ; it was seized instantly and killed, but nọ | 
part of it was eaten. Two NY of the same species which Le 
