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INDEX. 
SYL 
Sylvia, 293 
Sympathy, of ants, 46-9 ; of bees, 
155-6 ; of fish, 242 ; of birds, 
270-6; of horse, 331-2; of ru- 
minants, 334 ; of elephants, 387- 
92, and 397, 398; of cat, 416; of 
monkeys, 471-5 
T AIT, LAWSON, on cat signing to 
have bell pulled, 423 
Taleg alius, nidification of, 294 
Taylor, the Rev. Mr., cunning of his 
dog, 451 
Tegetmeier, on amount of sugar re- 
quired by bees to make honey, 
176 
Telescope-fish, 246 
Tennent, Sir E., on apparent intel- 
ligence of land-leeches, 24 ; in- 
telligence of tree-ants, 134 ; my- 
gale eating humming birds, 208 ; 
climbing-perch, 249 ; sexual affec- 
tion of cobra, 246 : snake-charm- 
ing, 264, 265 ; taming of cobra, 
265 ; nidification of baya-bird, 
294 ; combined action of crows, 
319, 320; of buffaloes, 335; use 
of tame buffalo, 335 ; on emotions 
and intelligence of elephant, 389, 
390, 393-6, 400-8 ; collective in- 
stinct of jackals, 432, 433 
Tepper, Mr. Otto, on intelligence of 
a cat, 424 
Termites, 198-203 ; architecture, 
198, 199, and 201, 202; workers 
and soldiers, 200,201 ; swarming, 
breeding, &c., 202 ; remarkable 
similarity of instincts to those of 
Hymenoptera, 202 ; instincts de 
trimental to individual but bene- 
ficial to species, 202, 203 
Terns, sympathy of, for wounded 
companions, 274, 275 ; robber, 
284 ; mobbing robber-terns, 291 
Theda Isocrates , 238 
Theuerkauf, Herr Gr., on intelligence 
of ants in making a bridge of 
aphides over tar, 136 
Thompson, E. P., on bees remem- 
bering exact position of absent 
hive, 149 ; on garden-spider’s 
YIL 
mode of web-building, 210, 211; 
ant-lion, 234, 235 ; emotions of 
guana, 255, 256 ; fascination by 
snakes, 264 ; nidification of soci- 
able grosbeak, 295, 296 ; birds 
dreaming, 312; maternal affec- 
tion of whale, 327 ; bisons de- 
fending themselves from wolves, 
334, 335 ; pigs defending them- 
selves from wolves, 339 ; cleanli- 
ness of pig, 340, 341 ; intelligence 
of weasel, 346 ; of mouse, 361 ; 
harvesting- mice, 365, 366 
Thomson, Dr. Allen, on scorpions 
committing suicide, 223-5 
Thornton, Colonel, his sow trained 
to point game, 340 
Thresher-fish, 252, 253 
Thrushes, breaking shells against 
stones, 283 
Timea , 237 
Toads, 254, 255 
Tomtit, nidification of, 293 
Topham, Dr. J., on spiders weight- 
ing their webs, 222 
Topham, Mr. J., on bees remember- 
ing exact position of absent hive, 
149 
Tortoises, knowing persons, 259 
Townsend, the Rev. W., on elephant 
concealing theft, 410; on dog 
finding its way about by train, 
468-9 
Truro, Lord, on intelligence of a dog, 
450 
Turner, George, on bees remembering 
exact position of absent hive, 1 49 
Turnstones, intelligence of, 321 
Turtles, 257, 258, and 262 
Y AILLANT, Le, on fascination by 
tree-snake, 263, 264 
Valiant, L., on nidification of soci- 
able grosbeak, 296 
Venn, on association of ideas in 
parrot, 267, 268 
Vigot, Dr., on snake finding way 
home, 262 
Villiers, De, on instincts of larvae of 
bombyx moth, 240 
