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INDEX 



Heather, common — coiitin tied 



young, most nutritions, 72, 73, 465 ; ii. 

 129 

 culture, 72 

 gro\vth from seed, 73, 400, 402 



,, from root, 73, 400 

 seedlings eaten by sheep, 73, 402 



and liy young Grouse, 73 * 



not by adults, 73 

 blossom, 74 

 seed, 74, 133 ; ii. 129 



ripening of, 74 



not eaten after January, 75 

 "frosted," 174, 378 



term defined, 175 



effect of frost on, ii. 1.'30 

 good growth, effect of on stock, ii. 129 

 good grain year, good year for, 75 ; ii. 130 

 effect on of weather, ii., 128 

 burning, see Heatlier-burning 

 raking, in time of snow, 17(1,442 

 Heather-beetle (Lorhnura suturalix), 414 ff 



as causing " frosted " heather, 17l>, 414 ff, 423 ; 



ii. 124 

 former ol)servations of, 41(5 f, 42(i 

 distribution, 414, 422 

 correspondence regarding, 415 If 

 types of heather attacked liy, 415, 423 

 action on plant, 417 

 (juantity to acreage, 418 

 records of <lamage by, 415-422 

 date of injury, 422 

 methods of search for, 417, 418 

 analysis of heather samples, 418 

 life history, 422, 420 if 



incomplete, 429 

 ufluence of climate on, 4l'3 

 „ of rainfall on, 423 

 moisture faiourable to, 423 

 experiments with, 423, 42G ff, 429 

 eaten by blackgame, 424 

 methods of de.stroying, 423-425 

 morphology, 426 tf 

 characters, 427 

 allied forms, 426 

 hibernation, 429 

 pairing, 429 

 Heather-burning, 392 ff, 443 

 historv of, ;393-39(i 

 " keeper's delight," 393-395 

 beneficial to l)oth Grouse and sheep, 395, 405 f 

 sheep-farmers' views, 405 f 

 co-operation l)y shepherds, 406 

 in interests of landlord, 431 



„ of shooting-tenant, 431 

 to destroy " disease," 2;J3, 397 

 to di.scouraire heather-beetle, 40;i, 425 

 to foster healthy stock, 399, 431 ; ii. 131 



for future years, 443 

 to provide food sui>])ly, 398 

 in interests of sport, 404 

 in strips, 401 

 „ large jiatchcs, 40] 

 „ small iiatches, :i9(;, 401 



Heather-burning — continued 

 rules, 39(; f, 406 

 labour required, 397 

 expense of, 409 

 areas, apportioiniient of, 399, 401 



rotation of, 399-401, 407 



estimating, 397 f, 408 



measurement of, 399 

 example of scheme, 408 f 

 choice of rotition, 408 

 methods of burning, 397, 401 ff 



burning against the grain, 402 



back-firing, 40^' 



second burning, 402 



old and young heather, 400, 406 

 treatment of steep faces, 402 



of flow ground, 403 



of north slopes, 403 



of knolls, 403 



of peat hags, 403 



of " grey " heather, 403 



of burns and streams, 404 



of " H'hite grass," 41 1 



of "^ green ground," 411 

 stjitutory seasons for, 404 

 " Spring" and '' Autumn," 404 

 not after nesting begun, 470 

 Autumn burning, 404 ff, 442 

 periods of re-groivth after, 408 

 objections to, answered, 409 

 Hedgehog, as vermin, 447 

 Helminthiasis, nee Tapeworms, etc. 

 relation to weight, 14.'! 

 blood-count in, 310 

 Hens, old, uselessness of, 472 

 Heteralds pupillosu, in (irouse. 217 f 



common worm in poultry and pheasants, 217 

 synonymy, 217 

 " Hogging" — effect on heather growth, .501 

 House fly, {Musca donie-<tiea) 



as carrier of coccidian spores, 262 

 Hi/ineno/ppiis microp.s (.Small 'l'ai)e»orm), 342 ff 

 habitiit duodenum, 104, 105, .342 



numbers present, 342 



effect on tissues, ]].'3-115 



difficult to detect, :i42 

 not directly associated with mortality, 294 



nor with bacterial infection. 290-294 

 seasonal prevaleiue, 277, 285, 297 f 

 effect on host, ll.S-llo, 277 

 morphology, 343 

 sexual organs, 34y-344 

 intermediate host not discovered. 344-346 



I.MMiGRATa).N of fresli stock, 470-477 

 evidence of. 477 



Incubation, effect of on weight, 140 

 period of, l;l 



Insects, as food. 77, 88-90, 1(H), 369 ; ii. 86-90 

 parasitic, ;!48-:!(;0, ;!(i2 ff 

 as carriers of coi'cidian spores, 202 



Intestine, small, 104, 100, 115, 285 

 upper and lower portions, 105 

 habitat of large ta])eworm (Duvdinea), 105 



