CHAPTER V.. Cessation of Song--Oak Woods Less Silent Than Others--Mixed

Cessation of song--Oak woods less silent than others--Mixed gatherings of birds in oak woods--Abundance of caterpillars--Rapacious insects--Wood ants--Alarm cries of woodland birds--Weasel and small birds--Fascination--Weasel and short-tailed vole--Account of Egyptian cats fascinated by fire--Rabbits and stoats--Mystery of fascination--Cases of pre-natal suggestion--Hampshire pigs fascinated by fire--Conjectures as to the origin of fascination--A dead squirrel--A squirrel's fatal leap--Fleas large and small--Shrew and fleas--Fleas in woods--The squirrel's disposition--Food-hiding habit in animals--Memory in squirrels and dogs--The lower kind of memory.