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INDEX. 
OST 
Ostrich, conjugal affection of, 270 ; 
nidification, 292 
Otter, 346 
Oyster, intelligence of, 25 
P ALLAS, on provident habits of 
Lagomys, 365 
Parrot, memory of, 267-9 ; recollec- 
tion, 269, 270 ; talking, &c., 267- 
70; sympathy, 275, 276; exulta- 
tion on baffling imitative powers 
of master, 277 ; vindictiveness, 
277 ; fondness of music, 282 ; 
difficult to deceive by mirrors, 
310, 311 
Parry, Captain, on instincts of wild 
swan, 297 
Partridge, removing eggs, 289 
Peach, C. W., on dog recognising 
portrait, 453, 454 
Peal, Gr. E., on elephants remov- 
ing leeches and fanning away 
flies, 409, 410 
Pearson, Colonel, the reasoning 
power of his dog, 466, 467 
Peeweet, see Lapwing. 
Pelicans, sympathy of for wounded 
companions, 275; frigate, 284; 
combined action of in fishing, 
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Penky, the Kev. Mr., on reasoning 
power of a dog, 466, 467 
Pennant, on navigating habits of 
Iceland mice, 364 
Pennent, on domestication of toad, 
255 ; on fascination by rattle- 
snake, 263 
Perea scandens , 248, 249 
Perception, 9 
Perch, climbing, 248, 249 
Percival, Dr., on cock killing hen 
when she hatched out eggs of 
partridge, 278 
Petrels, nidification of, 291, 292 
Phillips, J., his portrait-painting 
recognised by a dog, 454 
Picton, Mrs. E., on sensitiveness of 
a terrier, 440, 441 
Pier is rappee, 236 
Pigeon, .memory of, 266 ; con- 
jugal affection and fidelity, 270, 
PRI 
271 ; fondness for a particular 
air of music, 282 ; intelligence in 
avoiding turtles, 317 ; in making 
horse shake oats from nose- bag 
317 
Pigs, 339-41 
Pike, affection of male for female, 
246 
Pilot-fish, 251, 252 
Pinnipeds, breeding habits of, 342 
346 
Pipe-fish, 246 
Piracy, instinct of, in birds, 283, 
284, 301-7 
Pisces , see Fish 
Play, of ants, 87, 89 ; of fish, 242 ; of 
birds, 279 ; of porpoise, 327, 328 ; 
of dogs, 445 ; of monkeys, 476, 477 
Pliny, on ants burying their dead, 
91 ; sexual affection of snakes, 
256 ; on intelligence of elephant, 
386 ; on memory of elephant, 387 
Ploceus textor , 293 
Plover, see Lapwing ; nidification of, 
292 
Plutarch, on intelligence of elephant, 
386 
Podocerus capiVata , 332 
Polar bear, 352, 353 
Polecat, curious instinct of, 347 
Polishes carnifex , taking precise 
bearings to remember locality, 
150, 151 
Polistes Gallica , tamed by Sir John 
Lubbock, 153 ; robber, 169 
Pollock, F., on perfection of webs 
built by young spiders, 217 
Pollock, W., on association of ideas 
in parrot, 269 
Polydectes eupulifer, 233 
Pope, on instinct and reason, 1 5 
Porpoise, intelligence of, 327, 328 
Portraits, recognised by birds, 311; 
by dogs, 453-7 
Pouchet,on improvement in nidifica- 
tion of swallows, 300, 301 
Powelseo, on navigating habits of 
Iceland mice, 364 
Prairie dog, 366 
Pride, of birds, 279 ; of horse, 330; 
of ruminants, 334 ; of dog, 439 ' 
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