THE MINDS AND MANNERS OF WILD ANIMALS A BOOK OF PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS

TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK, WHOSE

CONTENTS I. A SURVEY OF THE FIELD

PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE MINDS AND MANNERS OF WILD ANIMALS MAN AND THE WILD ANIMALS

I. A SURVEY OF THE FIELD I THE LAY OF THE LAND

II WILD ANIMAL TEMPERAMENT AND INDIVIDUALITY

III THE LANGUAGE OF WILD ANIMALS

IV THE MOST INTELLIGENT ANIMALS

V THE RIGHTS OF WILD ANIMALS

II. MENTAL TRAITS OF WILD ANIMALS VI THE BRIGHTEST MINDS AMONG AMERICAN ANIMALS

VII KEEN BIRDS AND DULL MEN

VIII THE MENTAL STATUS OF THE ORANG-UTAN

IX THE MAN-LIKENESS OF THE CHIMPANZEE

X THE TRUE MENTAL STATUS OF THE GORILLA

XI THE MIND OF THE ELEPHANT

XII THE MENTAL AND MORAL TRAITS OF BEARS

XIII MENTAL TRAITS OF A FEW RUMINANTS

XIV MENTAL TRAITS OF A FEW RODENTS

XV THE MENTAL TRAITS OF BIRDS

III. THE HIGHER PASSIONS XVIII THE MORALS OF WILD ANIMALS

XIX THE LAWS OF THE FLOCKS AND THE HERDS

XX PLAYS AND PASTIMES OF ANIMALS

XXI COURAGE IN WILD ANIMALS

XXIII FIGHTING AMONG WILD ANIMALS

XXIV WILD ANIMAL CRIMINALS AND CRIME

XXV FIGHTING WITH WILD ANIMALS

THE CURTAIN

THE MINDS AND MANNERS OF WILD ANIMALS CAMP FIRES ON DESERT AND

Title: The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals

Author: William T. Hornaday

Edition: 10

Language: English

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[Illustration with caption: OVERPOWERING CURIOSITY OF A MOUNTAIN SHEEP
This "lava ram" stood thus on a lava crest in the Pinacate Mountains
for about twenty minutes, gazing spellbound at two men and a pack mule.
(See page 149)]