The Dawn of Reason; or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals

Chapter 3

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MEMORY

Discussed under four heads, viz. _Memory of Locality_ (_Surroundings_), _Memory of Friends_ (_Kin_), _Memory of Strangers_ (_Other animals not kin_), and _Memory of Events_ (_Education_, _Happenings_, etc.)--Memory of locality in _Actinophrys_--In the snail--In the ant--In sand wasps--In beetles--In reptiles--_Memory of Friends_--In ants --Experiments with ants, _Lasius flavus_, _Lasius niger_, and _Myrmica ruginodis_--Memory of kin in wasps and bees--Experiments --_Memory of Strangers_ (_Animals other than kin_)--Recognition of enemies--By bumblebees--Memory of individuals not enemies--By the toad--By the spider--By ants--By snakes--By chameleons--By birds --By cattle--By dogs--By monkeys--_Memory of Events_ (_Education_, etc.) --In the wasp--In fleas--In the toad--In other insects. 60