King Solomon's Ring: New Light on Animal Ways, Volume 10Crowell, 1952 - 202 pages Solomon, the legend goes, had a magic ring which enabled him to speak to the animals in their own language. A delightful treasury of observations and insights into the lives of all sorts of creatures, from jackdaws and water-shrews to dogs, cats and even wolves. |
Contents
ANIMALS AS A NUISANCE I | 1 |
THE ΙΟ | 10 |
ROBBERY IN THE AQUARIUM | 17 |
Copyright | |
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Altenberg aquarium attack attitude Aureus dog bearded tits beast beautiful become behaviour betrothal breed BUYING ANIMALS cage call-note capuchin monkey chow cichlid cockatoo colour corvines creatures crow developed duck ducklings exactly eyes feathers female fight fighting-fish flew flock follow geese gestures golden hamster Goldgreen greylag goose hand head hooded crow house sparrow human inhibitions innate instinctive Jock keep Kiaw LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS larvae Leftgreen living Lorenz Lupus dog male mallards mammals master mate mealworm mental monkey MORALS AND WEAPONS movements nature neck nest-box nesting cavity never observer once parrot pecking PERENNIAL RETAINERS pond POOR FISH prey rattling raven reaction reared Redgold Rightred ring-dove Roah shrews social social inhibitions song soon species stickleback suddenly swimming tail TAMING tank thing tion walk water-shrew whiskering whole wife wild wings wolf yellow-crested cockatoo yipping young birds young jackdaws zick