. Bird lore . ■s ^ i o • 1 iBirti-lore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINEDEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of the Audubon Societies Vol. II August, 1900 No. 4. The Orientation of Birds- BY CAPTAIN GABRIEL REYNAUD, French Army Translated from the French Vjy Mrs. Clara J. Coxe HE question of the orientation of animals has givenrise to many controversies, and the ideas expressedon this subject may be summed up in two , with Spaulding, Russell, Wallace, and CroomRobertson, think that the faculty of orientationshould be attributed to a particular acuteness of thefive sense
. Bird lore . ■s ^ i o • 1 iBirti-lore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINEDEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of the Audubon Societies Vol. II August, 1900 No. 4. The Orientation of Birds- BY CAPTAIN GABRIEL REYNAUD, French Army Translated from the French Vjy Mrs. Clara J. Coxe HE question of the orientation of animals has givenrise to many controversies, and the ideas expressedon this subject may be summed up in two , with Spaulding, Russell, Wallace, and CroomRobertson, think that the faculty of orientationshould be attributed to a particular acuteness of thefive senses inherent in animals, they having ideas which only reachus through the medium of instruments of precision. Others considerthat orientation brings into play a sixth sense, independent of thefirst five. Flaurens, Romanes, Henry Lordes, Goltz, Pfliiger, Mach,Crum Brown, and Brand admit that this sense exists and has itsseat in the semi-circular tubes of the ear. These two opposed theories are each supported by unquestionablefacts, apparently giving reason for the two schools. Now, there can-not be contradiction regarding facts. If one unique law governs all the acts o
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