R. MacDougall also finds that the
effective quality of rhythmical sequences does not appear to be dependent
on secondary associations (_Psychological Review_, January, 1903).
[108] R.T. Lewis, in _Nature Notes_, August, 1891.
[109] Cornish, "Orpheus at the Zoo," in _Life at the Zoo_, pp. 115-138.
[110] _Descent of Man_, Chapters XIII and XIX.
[111] "The Origin of Music" (1857), _Essays_, vol. ii.
[112] Anyone who is in doubt on this point, as regards bird song, may
consult the little book in which the evidence has been well summarized by
Haecker, _Der Gesang der Voegel_, or the discussion in Groos's _Spiele der
Thiere_, pp. 274 et seq.
[113] Thus, mosquitoes are irresistibly attracted by music, and especially
by those musical tones which resemble the buzzing of the female; the males
alone are thus attracted. (Nuttall and Shipley, and Sir Hiram Maxim,
quoted in _Nature_, October 31, 1901, p. 655, and in _Lancet_, February
22, 1902.)
[114] _Descent of Man_, second edition, p. 567. Groos, in his discussion
of music, also expresses doubt whether hearing plays a considerable part
in the courtship of mammals, _Spiele der Menschen_, p. 22.
[115] Fere, _L'Instinct Sexuel_, second edition, p.
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