New-York tribune., 1894-04-22
NITTPIL HIS1ORY ~ HfELEW.
INTERESTING EXAMPLES OF INSTINCT oHerrvEp
HY TINT wEiI~KNowN oENITHoLocl-T
JUDGE cEhBTEEE

INTERESTING EXAMPLES OF INSTINCT oifEHNEb
BY THAT wEiI~KNowN oENlTHoLoci-r.
JUDGE cEhBTEEE.
''Ycs." SAL Judge Crabtrec. that was rare and
beautiful Instance ~ intelligence on th" part II
the bird. \ point whch have long noticed IN you-
stories of animal instinct IS tnat the boast al"lys
shows greater Intelligence than ever saw dsYiaycl
in this law firm Now 4 W coull get one % your
able B9,iimorc oro,es cl'h!rls. hiuojlys or spec
kel squirrels 10 come IN with Ms as senior
parthcr. I've 10 doubt we'd eNpsr'erc" boom 30
business which would allow us 20 up the jani'or
more in accordance with his views"
ION. Won never believed in Instinct. Jldge." said
his partner The trouble with you is TIA: YOU
are not a c.osc observer ~ birds aHl animals"
You 30 ne an Injustice answered the Judge
"On the contrary. | am firm believer 10 instinct
Haven, seen 1t displayed IN a GravescnI police
Judge ln always being able lrsiincfvc.y - rnc
pris Iner 70 within 81 - the anoln; ~ his pile
Besides. have recently made som" experiments
touching on ;h.s matter of animal instinct rnys"i'
up in Harlem"
English sparrows or goats
"Tramps." returned Judge Crlhtrre. There is a
Vacant tract - l..d near my hoIs". with pain
leading across r much frequ,ntcl hy small boys
goa's ambitious young real estate agents. ;ratu34
ami other movable Harlem debris noticed or"
day large fat stone at one sid" ~ 81. path anil
] Determined ., MAX. aa experiment 0'r' iaf
nan over 20 thc avenue for pitcher 90 beer T.it
| poured into AN Oil tomato can. anl that night
gh,n 10 one was about pr.cl ~ isis s'ors. ho..
lowed ont q little Place under =. -ci in tlr can
and allowed th- stone 2, Drop ti,k down ov.. o.
II. mex uorll'y took my sanI - .'n
commenting thr scene with o. much .rl'r as v1u
would display whDa Watching pair - r.l N"ateI
JayLlrIs flying about WIKI young ore between
them balanced ON straw-pur % ihc minor sights
81 Your oru!iholpglctl Investigations. you win r.
member.
In about ten minutes large mud-colared
tramp. with bis plrmag. much rralel came alo1g
The path II" haI got i~o or three steps beyond
the stone whom hc stopped sui licn'y tosscl up his
bcak a1I th"n turned about I'm his tracks 'ayiI,.
bent br-ithlos-it 20 the taak of observing h.m
with rn opera glass After coming - 4 stop. he
scameI TO j." IN dlzel or semi muuconscious omit
lion for moment. then ne retrao~i his strps FOR
powerful force from going further. lIe then began
- wand back ana form along iho path aiIAr-
around the na' stone Lu, never getting above M
teen or twenty feet away from It. He soon
Joined by another Of the SANE. species though with
less distinctive markings. and with more Of his
plumage gone. as y h. had been In an encounter
with brd Of prey Ia the gulse OF policeman.
This went through precisely the same actions.
ana together the ~" continued 20 clins about the
stone. Others soon b gan 10 arrive rom all drec-
tons ana by noon there were no less than thirteen
fine specimens hovcrng about the rock. ana utter
ing io" pianiive cly ~ was the most brautltul
example of pure Instinct which ever saw. 1t must
have been instlnrt az am convinced that they
body saw me place there. They never congregat-
81 there before. ana The presence or the beer must
have been the only cause. They made attempt
- rails. the stone and get at II. hut this may be-
accounted for by two theories first. that doing
would have been 10 work. something the tramp
has never been observed 10 do by any naturalist.
and second. that they did not know where the beer
was. or indeed that there was beer any where they
simply being attracted and held by rr"sistlb.
force which they did not understand more than uuy
else. Either view explains IL. though have
doubt Of the truth Of the latter Before night
there "A flock of twenty trdmps surgng about
the stone. They only took their departure at about
o'clOck and they were all back with many others.
early the next morning.
This they kept up for three days the flock hlv-
ing Increased by that time 10 upward OF sixty. !
decided Try further experiment. Going out
the third night. | removed the beer. and substi-
tuted large piece Of toilet soap. At o'clock the
next morning the first tramp appeared think the
one who made the original discovery. lie came tow
ard the stone eagerly but when about two PAGES
from It he stopped suddenly swayed from side to
side. put HIS hand TO his head, uttered Il hollow.
hunted cry and turned and ran Ike the wind. parts
OF his pumage being torn Off and scattered about by
the rapiiity OF his passage through the air During
the next hours exactly fifty nine others OF the
species through precisely the manoeu-
vres. Not got within two yards OF the rock
and turned and ran when still MY fcet from
Il. / left the soap there. and have not observed
tramp crossing the block since. II you've noticed
any liner display OF animal instinct among the hen
hawks wagtail snipes and crested shikepOkes Of
Fortyminuteville I'd like 10 hear about H."