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The Speech of Monkeys
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R. L. Garner
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CHAPTER
III.
Monkeys
have
favourite
Colours--Can
distinguish
Numbers
and
Quantity--Music
and
Art
very
limited.
[Sidenote:
MONKEYS
HAVE
FAVOURITE
COLOURS]
In
order
to
ascertain
whether
monkeys
have
any
choice
of
colours
or
not,
I
selected
some
bright
candies,
balls,
marbles,
bits
of
ribbon,
&c.
I
took
a
piece
of
pasteboard,
and
on
it
placed
a
few
bright-coloured
bits
of
candy,
which
I
offered
to
a
monkey
and
watched
to
see
whether
he
would
select
a
certain
colour
or
not.
In
this
experiment
I
generally
used
two
colours
at
a
time,
and
changed
their
places
from
time
to
time
in
order
to
determine
whether
he
selected
the
colour
by
design
or
accident.
After
having
determined
which
of
two
colours
he
preferred,
I
substituted
a
third
colour
for
the
one
which
he
cared
least
for,
and
continued
thus
until
I
exhausted
the
list
of
bright
colours.
By
changing
the
arrangement
of
the
objects
a
great
number
of
times,
it
could
be
ascertained
with
comparative
certainty
whether
the
colour
was
his
preference
or
not.
I
find
that
all
monkeys
do
not
select
the
same
colour,
nor
does
the
same
monkey
invariably
select
the
same
colour
at
different
times;
but
I
think,
as
a
rule,
that
bright
green
is
a
favourite
colour
with
the
Capuchin,
and
their
second
choice
is
white.
In
a
few
cases,
white
seemed
to
be
their
preference.
I
have
sometimes
used
paper
wads
of
various
colours,
or
bits
of
candy
of
the
same
flavour
rolled
in
various
coloured
papers.
They
seemed
to
choose
the
same
colours
in
selecting
their
toys.
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