5 MAY 1888, Page 15

THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." _I SIR,—In the Spectator of April 28th, in a letter on " The Language of A nimals," Mr. E. W. Phibbs suggests, " May not all kissing be the 'survival' of biting ?" Allow me to offer in confirmation the old Scottish proverb, viz. :— " Bitin' an' scartin' Is Scotch fouks' courtin'."