INDEX. 
512 
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ing comrades with aphides -secre- 
tion, 63-4 ; keeping cocci and 
caterpillars, 64 ; warfare, 78, 
81-3 ; sleep and cleanliness, 84- 
87 ; play, 88 ; funeral habits, 89- 
91; agricultural, 97, 103-10; 
modes of mining, 108 ; swarming 
habits of agricultural s, 108-9 ; 
carrying one another, 109-10 ; 
removing nest from shade of tree, 
131 ; cutting leaves from shading 
tree, 131-2; co-operation in cut- 
ting grass, 132 
MtCready, on larva of Medusa suck- 
ing nutriment from parent, 34 
Meek, his cat trying to catch image 
behind mirror, 415-16 
Meenan, on a wasp carrying heavy 
prey up an elevation in order to 
fly away with it, 197 
Melanerpes formicivorus , 285 
Melia tessellata , 233-4 
Melipona domestica y form of its 
cells, 173-6 
Melolhrus , 309-10 
Memory, of mollusca, 25-9 ; of 
ants, 39-45; of bees, 151-5; of 
beetles and earwig, 226-30; of 
batrachians, 255 ; of reptiles, 
259 et seq. ; of birds, 266-70 ; of 
horse, 330 ; of elephant, 386-7 ; 
of dog, 438 ; of monkey, 497 
Menault, on eagle submitting to 
surgical operation, 313-14; on 
mason bee, 178-9 
Merian, Madame, on ants of visita- 
tion, 130 ; mygale spider eating 
humming-birds, 208 
Merrell, Dr., on instinct of American 
cuckoo, 305-6 
Mice, 360-4 
Migration, of caterpillars, 238 ; of 
crabs, 232; of fish, 248-50;’ of 
reptiles, 257-8 ; of birds, 266 ; 
of mammals, 341-50, and 368 
Mildmay, Sir Henry, on pigs learn- 
ing to point game, 339-40 
Mill, John S., on instinct of cruelty 
in man, 413 
Miller, Prof., calculations regard- 
ing form of bee’s cell, 173 
Mind, subjective and objective 
MON 
analysis of, 1 ; evidence of, 2 j 
criterion of, 4-8 
Mischievousness, fondness of, showia 
by monkeys, 485 et seq. 
Mitchell, on fish removing eggs 
from disturbed nest, 251 
Mitchell, Major, on habits of Coni" 
lurus constructor , 326 
Mivart, on instincts of spbex* 
wasps, 181 
Mobbing instinct in birds, 291 
Mobius, Prof., on commensalism 
between crab and anemone, 233 
Moggridge, on ants : sympathy of, 
48 ; suggestion to Mr. Hague, 56*, 
warfare of, 79-81 ; keeping pets, 
83 ; harvesting, 97-8 and 100- 
2 ; division of labour, 98 ; har- 
vesters using burrows made by 
elater, 130; intelligent adapta- 
tion to artificial conditions, 130; 
co-operation in cutting grass, &c., 
133. On trap-door spiders cover- 
ing trap-doors with moss, &c., 
214-15 ; making trap-door at ex- 
posed end of accidentally inverted 
tube, 215-216 ; perfection of 
dwellings built by young spiders, 
216-17 ; manner in which instinct 
of making trap- doors probably 
arose, 217-18 
Mollusca, intelligence of, 25-30 
Monboddo, Lord, on snake finding 
way home, 262 
Monkeys, 471-98 ; general remarks 
on psychology of, 471 and 497- 
98; emotions of, 471-8; affec- 
tion and sympathy, 471-5 ; 
reproach, 475-6; ludicrous, 476, 
485, 487, 490; play, 476-77; 
curiosity, 477 ; imitation, 4? 7 ; 
rage, jealousy, and revenge, 478 ; 
memory of, 497 ; general intelli- 
gence of, 478; behaviour with 
mirror, 478-9 and 495-6 ; pick- 
ing shells off eggs, and taking 
care not to be stung by wasps in 
paper, 479; intelligence of Mr. 
Belt’s, 480 ; disentangling chains, 
480 and 486 8; raking in objects 
with sticks or cloths, 480 and 
486 ; drawing chair to stand noon. 
