26 Mr. Arthur E. Shi'pleu on Grouse Disease. [Feb. 3, 



realization on the part of moor owners, not only of the immediate 

 cause of grouse disease, but also of the contributory conditions leading 

 thereto, that the best methods which obtain at present in moor 

 management will be more widely adopted, and that the suggestions of 

 new lines of experiment which will be put forward in the final Report 

 will be followed up. 



As to the stay of the disease, when fully established in the bird 

 no practical remedial measures can at present be suggested. The 

 apothecary is to the sick bird of no more importance than Seneca. 

 Nothing can be done " pour soulager les entrailles " of the patient. 



One word of conclusion to recall the fact that the Grouse Inquiry 

 has not issued its final Report, and this article cannot represent its final 

 findings ; research is still going on. All I have attempted to do is to 

 summarize the existing knowledge of the diseases of the grouse, which 

 have never before been so specifically defined. When the final Report 

 is published remedial measures will be suggested. This Report will 

 also contain chapters on moor management, on the economics of 

 grouse-shooting, on the life-histories of the many parasites associated 

 with the grouse, and on many other matters connected with the well- 

 being of the bird. 



[A. E. S.] 



