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INDEX. 
EAG 
E AGLE, plundering instinct of 
white-headed, 284 ; teaching 
young to fly, 290 ; variations in 
nest-building, 299; submitting to 
surgical operations, 3 1 3, 314 
Earwig, 229, 230 
Ebrard, on co-operation of ants, 132 
EcMnodermata , movements of, 23 
Edmonson, Dr., on crows punishing 
offenders, 323, 324 
Edward, on int lligence of frogs, 
255 ; sympathy of terns for 
wounded companion, 274, 275 ; 
crows breaking shells by dropping 
them on stones, 283 ; co operation 
of turnstones, 321 
Edward, H., on honey-making ants, 
111-14 
Eimer, Dr., on voluntary and in- 
voluntary movements of Medusce , 
22, 23 
Elephant, general remarks upon, 386; 
memory of, 386, 387; emotions of, 
387-96; vindictiveness, 387-9; 
sympathy, 389-90; rogue, 393, 
394 ; dying under effects of emo- 
tion, 395, 396 ; general intelligence 
of, 396-410; enduring surgical 
operations, 399-400 ; vigilance, 
401 ; formation of abstract ideas, 
401, 402; intelligence of tame de- 
coys, 402-6; of tame workers, 
306-8; thatching their backs, 
308, 309 ; removing leeches, and 
fanning away flies, 309, 310 ; con- 
cealing theft, 410 
Ellendorf, Dr. F., on leaf-cutting 
ants, 95, 96 ; on ants making a 
bridge, 137 
Elliot, on collective instinct of 
wolves, 433 
Emery, J., on powers of communi- 
cation in bees, 157 
Emulation, of birds, 277 ; of dogs, 442 
Encyclopaedia Britannica, on bees 
following floating hives, 149 ; 
battles of queen-bees, 163, 164; 
parasitic instincts in birds, 306 
Endurance, of pain by wild dogs, 
441 ; of surgical operations by 
eagle, 313, 314; by elephants, 
399, 400 ; by monkey, 482 
FLE 
Engelmann, on Daplmiiipulex seek 
ing yellow light, 23 
JEpeira aurelia , Mr. F. Pollock on 
perfection of web built by young, 
217 
Erb, G. S., on intelligence of deer, 
338, 339 
Esox Indus , 246 
E spinas, on co-operation of ants, 
130 
F ABRE, on instincts of sphex- 
wasp, 180, 181 
Fa! s ter, Mdlle de, her tame weasel, 
346 
Falcon, variations in nest-building, 
299 
Faraday, J., on intelligence of skate, 
251 
Fascination, alleged, by snakes, 263, 
264 
Fayrer, Sir J., on fascination by 
and charming of snakes, 264 
Fear, in horses, 329 ; in ruminants, 
334 ; in rabbits, 355 ; in rats, 360 
excited in dogs by portraits, 
455-7 ; in monkey by snakes, 
477, and by imitation monkey, 
495 
Ferret, 347 
Fire-flies, stuck on nests by baya- 
birds, 294 
Fish, 241-53 ; comparison of brain 
with that of invertebrata, 241; 
emotions, 242-7 ; nidification, 
courtship, and care of young, 
242-6 ; pugnacity, and social 
feelings, 242 ; anger, 246, 247 ; 
play, jealousy, curiosity, 247 ; 
angler, 247, 248 ; jaculator, 248 ; 
travelling over land, 248 ; climbing 
trees, 248, 249 ; migrations, 249, 
250 ; general intelligence, 250-53 
Fisher, J. F., on hen removing eggs 
with her neck, 288 
Fleeson, Captain B., on honey-mak- 
ing ants, 111-14 
Fleming, W. J., on intelligence of 
horse, 330 
Fleury, Cardinal, on intelligence of 
ants in making bridges, 135 
