INDEX 



507 



Grouse continued 



systematisation, 2, 3 

 plumage, 3, 29 ff 

 habits, 4 

 food, 4, 67 ff 



feeding habits, 19, 20, 67, 109 

 life history, 5 ff 

 pairing, 5 



pugnacity, G, 181 , 



nesting habits, 6, 7, 13 

 eggs, 8, 9 

 rare of brood, 14 

 dangers to chicks, 14 

 habits of chicks, 14 

 migration, 14, 15 

 wildness, 18 

 hardiness, 21 ; ii. 114 

 longevity, 28 

 minor diseases, 150 

 parasites, 347 



resistance to disease, 376, 377 

 recuperative powers, 151, 153 

 effect of weather on, 9 ; ii. 128 f 

 numbers vary with rainfall, ii. 140 

 methods of shooting, 460 ff 

 netting, 453 



economic value per brace, 492 

 (See under separate headings) 

 Grouse chicks, 14 ff 

 habits, 14 

 dangers to, 14 

 disappearance of, 14-16, 264; ii. 120, 124, 130, 



132 



drowning, 15 ; ii. 129 f 

 food, 17, 18 



insect, 88, 89, 90 



vegetable, 90, 92 



table of, 90 

 flight of, 19 



liable to Coccidiosis, 261 

 " Grouse Disease " see " Disease " 

 Grouse driving, 460 if 



advantages of, 389, 462, 480 

 disadvantages, 462 

 effect on yield, 463 

 history of, 463 

 results in England, 464 

 in Scotland, 464 

 rules for, 464 

 gamekeepers' duties, 437 

 management of, 437 

 heather-burning for, 404 

 minor days, 465 



young and old killed by, table, 474 f 

 crossing of blood by, 479-482 

 on Broomhead Moor, 480 

 wages paid for, 496 



Grouse fly (Ornithomi/ia lagopodlt), 330, 358 ff 

 morphology, 358 

 habits, 359 



blood-sucking by, 330 

 carrier of protozoal parasites, 331 

 Grouse in captivity, 483 ff 

 coops, 484 



Grouse in captivity continued 

 food, 484, 487 



of chicks, 488 

 water, 484 

 grit, 487 



mating experiments, 487 

 change of ground, 488 

 late nesting of, 488 

 Coccidiosis in, 490 

 Grouse moors, 393 



of small agricultural value, 491-492 

 economic value of, 414 ff, 492 

 Grouse shooting ; in former years, 390 

 to regulate stock, 456-458, 479 

 no interference with agriculture, 491 

 indirect value of, 479 ff 

 cost of, 498 

 methods of, 460 ff 

 over dogs, 460 



advantages, 4C1 

 disadvantages, 461 

 rules for, 461 



young and old killed by (table), 474 

 driving, see Grouse driving 

 Grouse shootings, value of, 491 ff 

 economically profitable, 491 

 ground of small value, 491 f 

 valuation of, 493 

 rents of, 494 

 employment on, 494-496 

 benefits to district, 496-498 

 summary of values, 498 

 Gulls, as vermin, 450 



HJEltOPROTEVS MANSONI, 323 



intermediate host, 323 

 Hand-rearing, 479 ff 

 coops, 484 ; ii. 91 

 food, 484 

 water, 484 

 successful, 485 



result of experiments, 489, 490 

 of grit starvation, ii. 92 ff 

 infection with Strongylosis, ii. 100 ff 

 with Coccidiosis, ii. 103 ff 

 Hatching, date of, 7 



period of incubation, 13 

 early, value of, 470 ff ; ii. 130 

 late, result of, on stock, 140, 173 



on weight, 140 



Hawks, not all are vermin, 450 

 Heart, 117 



Heath, cross-leaved (Erica tetralix), 77, 84 

 Heather, hell (Erica cinerea), 84 

 Heather, common (C'alluna i-ulgaris) 

 importance of as food, 70, 81 

 not indispensable, 69 

 old, as food, 77, 78, 399, 455 

 objections to, 408 

 uselessness of, 409 

 various types, 71 ff 

 winter, 71, 175 

 dwarf, 71 

 short and long, 71, 378 



