[63] Professor L. J. Quigley.
[64] Gibson, Sharp Eyes, pp. 105, 106; quotation.
[65] It has been claimed by some that the cobra is not influenced by the music, but by movements of the Hindu performer, who dances, salaams, etc., continually while giving exhibitions. Very recently, however, Momsen has proven the contrary by actual experiment.
[66] Romanes, Animal Intelligence, p. 282; quoted by Bingley, Animal Biography, Vol. II. p. 220.
[67] Büchner, Geistesleben der Thiere, p. 163; quoted also by Romanes, loc. cit. ante, pp. 87, 88.
[68] On one occasion several years ago, I saw a number of young ants of L. niger brought out of the nest by five or six old ants, which watched over the young and kept them from straying away. The young ants played about the nest entrance for some time, and were then conducted back into the hive by the old ants.—W.
[69] Lubbock, Ants, Bees, and Wasps, p. 74.
[70] Van Beneden, Animal Parasites and Messmates, pp. 71, 72.
[71] Shortly after the above was written, this interesting little creature met an untimely fate at the hands of an Irish chambermaid, who was a recent importation and who did not understand that all life was held sacred in my house.—W.