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INDEX 



C.ECUM, 105-108, 116 ff, 286 

 importance of, 109 

 obstruction of, 115 

 Trichostrongylus in, 116-117, 286 

 normal, described, 287 

 diseased, described, 288 

 csecal execreta, 107-108 ; ii. 91 



cultures from, ii. 101 

 Calliphora eryihrocephala (Blow-fly) 



as carrier of coccidian spores, 262 

 Capercailzie, antagonism to Grouse, 177 

 Carron Moor, 387 



Catechu, a specific in Coccidiosis, 269, 271 

 Cawdor Moor, 387 

 Ceratophyllus galtinulce, 362 



garei, 363 



Cestodes, 334 if 



chemical reaction of media necessary to, 105 

 not a cause of " Disease," 193 

 intermediate hosts unknown, 369 

 development of, 370 

 "Cheepers" and late birds, 469 ff 

 should be killed out, 469 

 liable to " Disease," 471 

 fate of, 471 



Claws, as guide to age, 63 

 Claw-shedding, 41, 46, 50, 63 

 Cobbold's theory of "Grouse Disease," 188 ff, 274, 



390 

 Coccidiosis, 235 ff 



all " Grouse Disease " Strongylosis or, 204 



may occur in man, 235 



in rabbits, 235, 240, 242 f, 245, 254, 257, 296 



in pheasants, 251 



in fowl chicks, 253, 259, 260, 201 



in turkeys" blackhead," 268, 329, 330 



in young pigeons, 253, 261 



in canaries, 269-270 



in Grouse, 249 ff 



rarely fatal to adults, 231, 251 



fatal to chicks, 10, 17, 36, 251, 261 



affecting liver, 125, 259 



duodenal, 241, 250 



typhlitic, 241, 250 



confined to digestive tract, 257 



accompanied by anaemia, 269 



symptoms, 249, 254 



effect on weight, 140, 204, 255 



,, on appearance, 255 

 in hand-reared Grouse, 490 

 experimental studies, 252 ff 

 infection, artificial, 252 ff ; ii. 103 ff 



natural (by water), 252-253, 261 

 associated with bacterial infection, 260, 296 

 blood-count in, 315 

 leucocytosis in, 251, 315 

 dissemination by insects, 246, 262 

 by birds, 268 



iu dry weather, 263-264 ; ii. 120 



preventive measures, 266 ff 



burning dead bodies, 251, 257, 267 

 heather-burning, 267 

 sanitary precautions, 267 

 treatment, 269 



Coccidiosis continued 

 catechu, 269 

 Coccidium (Eimeriu) avium, 235 ff 



habitat, 235 ff, 250 



life history, 247 



synonymy, 236 



staining, 237, 242 



morphology, 237 



sporozoite stage, 238, 247 



trophozoite stage, 239, 247 



schizogony, 239, 247, 250-251, 257 

 merozoites, 240, 247-251, 257 

 periodicity, 246 



gametogony, 241, 247-251, 257 

 encystment, 242 

 sexual differentiation, 243, 247 

 fertilisation, 244, 249, 257 

 periodicity, 259 



sporogony, 245, 249, 250, 260 



onset means recovery or death of host, 200 



oocysts, vitality of, 263 



effect of moisture on, 263 ; ii. 130 



of drying on, 264 ; ii. 130 

 reagents destructive to, 264 ff 



effect on host, 249 



on weight of Grouse, 140, 204, 255 



as inseminating bacteria, 260, 295-297 



insect carriers of, 246, 262 



bibliography, 271 



Coccidium cuniculi, see Eimeriu stiedte 

 Coccidium oviforme, see Eimeria fttiedce 

 Coccidium perforans, see Eimeria stiedx 

 Coccidium tenellum, see Eimeria atiedce 

 Cocks, old, killing, down, 389, 442, 481 



uselessness of, 472 

 Collision with wire, 153 

 Committee, list of names, ii. 1 ff 

 Corn feeding, 25, 81-82, 113 



relation to disease, 178 ff 



injury from, 81, 82, 382 



unusual effect on blackgame, 161 



poaching and, 452 

 Correspondents local, list of, ii. 1 ff 

 Crop, 101, 102, 111 



never contains water, 102 



inflammation of, 111 



accidental injury to, 168-109 



shot pellets in, 109 

 Crop contents, 67 



weight of, 67 



table of materials examined, 68 



analysis of specimens from chicks, ii. 86-90 



table of weights, 69 



tables of contents, 70, 76 



table of monthly averages, 79 



chart of percentages of foods, 80 



of Rvpe, 177 



of Blackgame, 424 



schedule of, of all specimens examined, ii. 27-85 

 Crossing of blood, 479-482 

 Crow, as vermin, 448 



DAVAINEA CESTKILLUS, 341 



morphology, 341 



