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INDEX 



Heather beetle contint'fil. 

 types of heather attacked by, 378 f 

 action on plant, 372 

 quantity to acreage, 373 

 records of damage by, 873-378 

 date of injury, 378 

 methods of search for, 37- 

 analysis of heather samples, 37- > 

 life history, 382 



incomplete, 386 

 influence of climate on, 378 

 of rainfall on, 378 

 moisture favourable to, 378 

 experiments with, 385 

 eaten by blackgame, 380 

 methods of destroying, 379 

 morphology, 383 f 

 characters, 383 

 allied forms, 382 

 hibernation, 381 

 pairing, 386 



Heather-burning, 20, 343 

 history of, 343 ff, 347 

 "keeper's delight," 345 

 beneficial to both Grouse and sheep, 



346 f 



sheep-farmers' views, 346, 359 

 co-operation by shepherds, 359 

 in interests of landlord, 388 f 



,, of shooting tenant, 388 f 

 to destroy " disease," 238 ff, 265 

 to discourage heather beetle, 356, 381 

 to provide food supply, 349 

 in interests of sport, 357 

 in strips, 353 ff 

 large patches, 353 ff, 3(52 

 small patches, 347, 353 ff, 362 

 rules, 348 ff 

 labour required, 349 

 areas, apportionment of, 349 ff 



rotation of, 351 



estimating, 349 

 example of scheme, 36.") 

 choice of rotation, :<;i 

 methods of buniinir. 351, :!60 



back-firing, ">">."> 



second burning, 355 

 treatment of steep fan's, 355 



of flow ground, "./<! 



of north slopes, 35(5 



of knolls, :;:,<; 



of peat hags, 35 7 



of "grey heather, .T.C, 



of burns and streams, :!.">~ 



of "white grass," 366 



of "green ground," 3<l<5 

 statutory seasons for, -"-"i" 



Heather-burning continued. 



" Spring " and " Autumn," 358. 401- 



402 



not after nesting begun, 434 

 Autumn burning, 358 ff 

 periods of re-growth after, 361 f 

 objections to, answered, 364 

 Hedgehog, as vermin, 408 

 Helminthiasis, see Tapeworms, etc. 

 Hens old, uselessness of, 437 f 

 Uctcmln.s papUlosa, in Grouse, 202 

 common worm in poultry and 



pheasants, 202 

 Hymenolepis microp* (Small Tape - 



worm), 191) 



habitat duodenum, 167, 173, 199 

 numbers present, 199 

 difficult to detect, 199 

 associated with bacterial infection, 



200, 219 



seasonal prevalence, 199 

 intermediate host not discovered, 

 193, 200 



IMMIGRATION of fresh stock, 441 f 

 Incubation, effect of on weight, 36 



period of, 14 

 Insects, as food, 101-104 



parasitic, 184 ff 



as carriers of coccidian spores, 204 

 Intestine, small, 168 



upper and lower portions, 168 



habitat of large tapeworm (Dawiinea), 

 168 



convolutions in, 169 

 Isolated moors, 444 

 ivode.x rirhiiift (Dog-tick), on Grouse, 

 11)1 



as nymphs and larva 1 , 191 



causing acute skin disease, 150 



JACKDAWS, as vermin, 409 



beneficial effect of reducing, 409 



"Jugging," 24 



KKSTHKL, beneficial, 410 



Kidneys. I ~7 



" Klein'- !>;>ease," see " Disease" 



I. vn; shoots, 121 

 Leg-feathering, 44, 50, 52, 53 

 LeuoocytoxoOn torati, 204 



life history, 204 



Lice on (irousc, see f-ioniodes, Ninnux 

 Liver, 167, 176 



functions of, 169 



post-mortem changes in, 176 



