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n the, 89; use of missiles by, 222. OX, homing sense in the, 199, 200. OYSTER, eyes of, 16. P PAPILIONINAE, length of life in tropical, 137. PERCH, love of offspring in the white, 138. PERIOPHTHALMUS, habitat of, 25; peculiar mode of life of, 25; eyes of, 25; food of, 26. PIGEON, love of music in the, 122; Lockman's account of a music-loving, 122; musical discrimination in, 122. PIPE-FISH, parental affection in the, 139; Risso's observations, 139. PLAICE, the origin of unilateral eyes in the, 9; absence of color-changing faculty in blind, 188; Pouchet's demonstration of the color-changing function of the sympathetic nerves in, 189. PODURA, _F. fusca_ and _F. rufescens_ make pets of, 126; author's observations of, 126. POLYERGUS, lowering tendency of slavery shown by, 155, 156. PRIONUS, author's experiments in locating organs of hearing in, 36. Q QUAIL, domesticated, 111; love of caresses in, 111; love of instrumental music in, 111; fondness for the singing voice in, 112. R RAT, fondness for instrumental music in, 116; power of musical discrimination in, 116. REASON, definition of, 147; difference between instinct and, 148. RHIZOPOD, sense of direction in, 48; Carter's observations of, 49; memory in, 60. ROBIN, homing sense in, 199. S SAND-WASP, memory of locality in, 62; author's experiments with, 63. SARCOPTES HOMINIS, death-feigning in, 209. SATIN BIRD, aestheticism in the male, 128; author's observations of, 128. SEA-URCHIN, eyes of, 16. SNAIL, eyes of, 19; visual powers of, 19; courtship of, 20; location of sense of direction in, 194; author's experiments with, 194; author's experiments in demonstrating homing sense in the, 194. SNAKE, love of young in, 140; author's experiment in testing parental affection of, 140; sense of direction and "homing instinct" in, 198; author's observations of "homing instinct" in, 198. SOLE, the origin of unilateral eyes in the, 9. SONG-SPARROW, memory of individuals in, 77; parental affection in, 143. SPANIEL, a laughing, 89. SPIDER, memory in, 72; recognition of individuals by, 73; love of music in the, 108; author's experiments with piano on, 108; author's experiments with pipe organ on, 109; Reclain's observations on the love of music in, 109; decorative instinct present in, 110; peculiar web spun by, 110; pare
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