INDEX 



465 



Liver continued. 



effect of Coccidiosis on, 258 



not affected by Strongylosis, 176,, 

 213 



Bacillus coli in, 220 

 Lochmcea suturalls, see Heather beetle 

 Longevity of Grouse, 41 

 Lungs, 175 



post-mortem appearance, 175 



MALLOPHAGA (Bird-lice), 011 Grouse, 184 

 Maps, showing incidence of disease, 

 304 ff 



deductions from, 319 

 Mating, experiments in, 454 

 Meteorological districts, 276 

 Migration, 28 ff 



seasonal, 5 



wholesale, 30 



relation to food supply, 95 



affecting stock regulation, 32, 95, 

 441 f 



not universal, 441 f 



as affecting crossing of blood, 442 



as re-stocking vacant ground, 442 f 

 Mites (Aleurobius farina} 011 Grouse, 



190 

 Monoccrcomonas, 205 



Monocystis (sp), 203 



spores in alimentary canal of 



Grouse, 203 

 Moor management, 321 f 



denned, 327 



examples of, 333 ff 



deductions from, 341 

 Mortality 



in April and May, 210 



seasonal, in cock and hen, 236 ff, 

 326 ff 



causes of, 113 ff 



accidental, 119 ff 

 in blackgame, 121 f 



from fighting, 147 

 Moult, 37 



normal, 37 



deferred, 44, 148, 179 



of cock and hen different, 36 f, 148 



effect of disease on, 46 



effect of, on weight, 36 f 



risks attending, 148 



NEMATODES, non-parasitic, 221, 324 

 Nesting, 6 ff 



sites, 6 



date of, 6 



early, advantageous, 434 



second, 435 



Nesting continued. 



strain of, 435 



" Nesting-patch " on hen, 59, 68 

 Netting Grouse, 412, 414 

 Mirmus cameratus (Biting louse), on 

 Grouse, 186 



habits, 187 



morphology, 187 



eggs, 187 



OBSERVATION area, 450 



(Esophagus, 165 



Old and young birds, 439 f 



proportions in " dogging" and 



"driving" (table) 440 

 Old birds undesirable, 437 f 

 Ornithomyia lagopodis, see Grouse-fly 

 Ovaries, 75 



effect of ' ' disease " on, 177 

 Over-crowding on food areas, 90 

 Over-sitting, 243 



Over-stocking, relation to disease, 420 

 Oviduct, 178 



PACKING, 4, 26 

 reasons for, 27 f 

 in relation to age and sex, 26 

 Pairing, 4 



effect of weather on, 4 

 effect of snow on, 4 

 sometimes postponed, 13 

 of barren birds, 177 

 Pancreas, 167 

 Parasites, 182, 241 

 Partridges 



methods of stock management, 421 f 

 Peregrine falcon, 22, 408 

 Pharynx, 165 

 Physiology, 160 ff 

 Pigmentation, physiology of, 51 



of feathers, 51 



" Piners," how produced, 436 

 in autumn, 437 

 description of, 437 

 Plumage, 3, 42 ff 



local variations of, 69 f 



in cocks, classification of types, 



71 



in hens, classification of types, 72 

 uniformity the general rule, 47, 56, 



70 



seasonal changes, 42 ff 

 in cock, 48-54, 65-67 



"Winter" and "Summer," 42 



f,47 



"Spring" and "Autumn," 45, 

 47 



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