510 



INDEX 



Paucieas, lOi, lU 



cultures from, 280 

 Partridges, 



metliods of stock niaiiagemeut, 439, 4.59 

 Peregrine, falcon, 448 

 Pliysiology, 100 ff 



of pigment production, 39 f 

 I'ignientation, physiology of, 39 f 

 of featliers, 37 f. 46 

 in relation to "' wear and tear," 4" 

 of eggs, 38 

 " Piuers," how produced, 471 



in autumn, .50, 1:^9, 138, IH'l 

 description of, 139 

 in spring, 173 

 Plumage, 29 ff 



local variations of, 3, 4, 42, .53 if 



in cocks, classification of types, 55 f 

 red type, 56 

 black type, 57 

 white spotted type, 57 

 in hens, classification of types, 58 

 red type, 58 

 black type, 58 f 

 white-spotted type, 59 

 buff-spotted tyi)e, 59 

 buff-barred type, 59 f 

 abnormal variations, 60 

 uniformity the general rule, 44 

 seasonal changes, 29 S 

 in cock, 29, 34-42 



" ^^'inter" and "'Summer,' 

 effect of disease on, 30 f, 33 

 Ogilvie-Grant's theory, 31, 

 MUlais's theory, 31, .37, 40 

 "eclipse," 32 ff, 37, 48 



appellation inexact, 33 

 "Spring" and "Autumn, 

 in allied species, 34, 41 

 in hen, 38 f, 43-53 

 re-pigmentation, 37, 40, 128 



MetchnikofFs theory, 37 

 as guide to sex, (i2 

 as guide to age, 48, 63 

 Pneumo-enteritis, 490 

 Pneumonia, 123 f, 125 



never observed, 200, 204, 276, 299 

 Poached game, facilities for sale of, 452 

 I'oachers, 450 ff 



professional, 4.50, 452 

 occasional, 4.50, 452 

 prevention of, 451 

 in former days, 451 

 snaring on stooks, 451 

 "becking," 4.52 

 netting, 453 

 egg-stealing, 453 

 I'oisoning, 169 f 



septic, in (irouse, 170 

 Polecat, 447 

 " Preservation theory " of 



444 

 Primary feathers, gi-owth of, 64 f 

 diagram, 64 



29 



127 f 

 34,37 



32 



' Grouse Disease," 185, 



Protozoa, 318 ff 



bibliography, 332 

 Proventriculus, 101, 106, 111 

 Fnoroiipermium avium, see Coccidium avhim 

 Psorospermosis .vw Coccidiosis 

 Ptarmigan, moults of, 41 



Rainfall, effect on heather-beetle, 422 



relation to yield of (irouse, ii. 140 

 Raven, as vermin, 449 

 Rectum, 104, 106. 110 



inflaininatioM of, 1 16 

 Re-pigmentation of plumage, 37 ff, 46, 128 



Metchnikoft's theory, 37 



Millais's theory, 40 

 RhhopofJa, 328 (see Aiticeha lagopndi.i) 

 Rook, as vermin, 449 

 Rotation, in heather-burning, 407 



SCATOPHAGA STERCORARIA, see Dung-fly 



Scent, loss of while sitting, 13 

 Sex, metliods of ascertaining, 60 ff 

 in relation to plumage, 61 f 

 „ to weight, 1.34, 140 



,, to packing, 475 



Sheep, destructive to seedling heather, 73, 402 

 advantageous on heather ground, 500 

 may kill out heather, 500 

 fencing burnt areas from, 501 

 Sheep-drains, 15, 169 

 Sheep-rents and Grazing-rents, 394 

 Sheep-stocks, notes on management, 499 



ci>ntrol of, 501 

 Shooting lodges, 493 

 Shot, wounds from, 151, 153, 162 ff 



alleged poisoning by, 169 f 

 Skin disease, 183 f 

 Snaring on corn stooks, 452 

 Snow, effect on pairing, 5 



on nesting, 10; ii. 129 

 on healthiness of stock, 22, .381 ; ii. 130 

 on migration, 6, .381 

 on heather, 176, .381 

 "jugging" in, 22 

 breaking of surface, 176, 442 

 vermin tracking in, 443 

 "Soft-shell," 183 



Specimens examined, schedule of, ii. 27-85 

 Spirochata eherlhi, see Trichomonas eberthi 

 Spirochwtu lugopodin, 32.3 ff 

 staining, 324 

 characters, 324 

 schizogony, 324 

 effect on host, 325 

 intermediate host, 325 

 blood count, wlien present, 314 

 Spirochata lorati, 327 f 

 staining, .327 

 in ciBCiU contents, 327 

 structure, 327 

 schizogony, 328 

 Spirochirtarea, 323-.327 



Sporozoa (blood ])arasites) of Grouse, 318-325 

 Spleen, 126 



