. Animal studies. 394 ANIMAL STUDIES 306, Play.—The play instinct is developed in numerous animals. To this class belong the wrestlings and mimic fights of young dogs, bear cubs, seal pups, and young beasts generally. Cats and kittens play with mice. Squir-. of man. Photograph by F. M. Chapman. Meridian. N. Y., June 8, 1898. (Per- mission of Macmillan Company, publishers of Bird-Lore.) rels play in the trees. Perhaps it is the play impulse which leads the shrike or butcher-bird to impale small birds and beetles on the thorns about its nest, a ghastly kind of orna- ment that seems to confer sat


. Animal studies. 394 ANIMAL STUDIES 306, Play.—The play instinct is developed in numerous animals. To this class belong the wrestlings and mimic fights of young dogs, bear cubs, seal pups, and young beasts generally. Cats and kittens play with mice. Squir-. of man. Photograph by F. M. Chapman. Meridian. N. Y., June 8, 1898. (Per- mission of Macmillan Company, publishers of Bird-Lore.) rels play in the trees. Perhaps it is the play impulse which leads the shrike or butcher-bird to impale small birds and beetles on the thorns about its nest, a ghastly kind of orna- ment that seems to confer satisfaction on the bird itself. The talking of parrots and their imitations of the sounds they hear seem to be of the nature of play. The greater. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931; Kellogg, Vernon L. [from old catalog].


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