viii CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IV 



REPTILES 



Section i. Harmless: PAGE 



Common Lizard Sand Lizard Blind-worm Common Ringed 

 Snake Common Frog Common Toad Smooth Newt Great 

 Water-newt . . ... . . . . . 8 1 



Section 2. Dangerous : 



Common Viper . . . . . .. . . 88 



CHAPTER V 



GAME 



Division i. Large Game: 



Stag or Red Deer Fallow Deer Roebuck .... 90 



Division 2. Ground Game: 



Common Hare Mountain or Blue Hare Rabbit ... 94 



Division 3. Winged Game : 



Common Pheasant Common Partridge Red-legged Partridge 

 Common Quail Capercailzie Black Grouse or Black Cock Red 

 Grouse Common Ptarmigan Wild Duck Common Teal- 

 Widgeon . . . .'*" . . . . . 102 



PART II 

 INFLUENCES 



CHAPTER VI 

 WILD ANIMALS 



Section i. Insectivorous and Harmless: 



Bats Shrews . . .'.,, , . . .116 



Section 2. Useful and Partly Injurious : 



Badger Hedgehog Mole Weasel . 1 17 



Section 3. Destructive: 



Fox Marten Polecat Stoat Otter Rat House Mouse Long- 

 tailed Field Mouse Water Vole Field Vole Bank Vole Squir- 

 rel Dormouse . ; . . ... . . 12 



