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IN reading the very interesting letter of “J. M. H.” (NATURE, July 14, p. 244), I was much struck with the similarity of purpose and singularity of expression in the robin and in a cat of mine, of which can equally be said, it “invented a note by which it called me to feed it. It was quite peculiar—hushed, short, and muttered, as it were.” This note is also used on other occasions, means of fitting man for the discharge of all his duties, and Johnston President of die University endowed by that when searching for me, or when exceeding joyous or high-spirited. It is a kind of “crowing,” and quite distinct from purring. Darwin, in his “Expression of the Emotions,” does not mention it. Is it exceptional?
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L., J. Expression of the Emotions. Nature 36, 294–295 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/036294c0
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