INDEX 



461 



"Disease/' 113 ff (see also Strongy- 



losis) 



history of, 151 ff 

 early records, 151 f 

 former writers on, 1 52 

 distribution of (maps), 305 ff 

 no district free from, 319 

 no periodicity of recurrence, 329 

 "years," 152^ 305 ff 

 summary of problems, 160 



of conclusions, 161 

 relation to corn-feeding, 145 



William Colquhoun's pamphlet, 

 146 



John Colquhoun (" Moor and 



loch "), 139 

 ' ' Klein's Disease," 153 ff, 330 



not met with in Inquiry, 156, 161, 



184 



Cobbold's theory, 153 ff 

 other views, 154 ff 328 



Tom Speedy, 156 

 Committee's provisional view, 154 ff 



,, final view, 161 



not due to tapeworms, 157 

 not due to Bacillus coli, 158, 217 ff, 



221 



not due to "preservation," 152, 403 

 not connected with geological forma- 

 tion, 318 

 due to Strongyle worms in caeca, 



201, 209, 220 

 pathology, 206 ff 

 effects of on sexes, 179, 242 

 power of resistance to, 241, 326 

 always causes wasting, 157, 217 

 relation to weight, 157, 162, 217, 



244, 327 



undersized and late birds, 241 

 no autumn outbreaks, 180, 238 

 relation to wet moors, 368 

 relation to rainfall, 319 

 rapid recovery from, 442 ff 

 sickly birds in autumn convalescent, 



46, 180 

 Diseases, minor, of Grouse, 116 ff 



of skin, 150 



Distribution of Grouse, 1, 3 

 Draining, 368 



advantages of, 369 

 methods recommended, 369 

 by gamekeepers, 339 

 to discourage heather beetle, 379 

 Driving, see Grouse-driving 

 Droppings, hard, 171, 325 



soft, 171, 190, 325 



"docker," 14, 172, 190 



Drought, 299 ff 



favours Coccidiosis, 266, 299 



unfavourable to Trichostrongylus, 225, 



237 

 Dung-fly, 188 



as carrier of coccidian spores, 258 



not intermediate host of cestodes, 188 



iu Grouse droppings, 190 

 Duodenum, 166-7 



habitat of small tapeworm, 167, 173, 

 199 



effect of parasites on, 174 



EAGLE, 22, 410 

 Ectoparasites, 182, 184 



relation to endoparasites, 184 

 Eggs, number of, 7 



depends on healthiness of stock, 



285 



colour of, 8 

 intervals in laying, 7 

 size and colour, 8 f 

 effect of weather on, 9 

 of snow, 9 f 

 of frost, 10 ff 

 of wet, 9 f 

 of disease on, 286 

 hatching of, 148 

 Egg stealing, 414 

 Egg changing, 445 

 Eimeria avium, see Coccidiurn avium 

 Endoparasites, 192 



relation to ectoparasites, 182 

 Euston, or " Stetchworth " system, 397 



FEEDING, hours of, 22, 81, 171 



during incubation, 172 

 Feet, accidental injury to, 134 

 Fences, danger from wire, 23, 119 



" bushing 7 ' of, 23 



Fencing of burnt areas from sheep, 355 

 Fighting, mortality from, 147 

 Filaria smithi, 202 

 Fires, accidental, 353 

 Flagellata, 207 



Fleas on Grouse. See Geratophyllus 

 Flies on Grouse, 188 

 Flight, powers of, 30 f 

 Flooding, 17 f 

 Food, 79 ff 



heather nearly all-important, 81 f 



but not indispensable, 81 



various, 97 ff 



heather seed, 87 ff 



berries, 81 ff 



insects, 20, 90, 101-104, 194 



corn, 29 



