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INDEX 



Heather, common continued 



young, most nutritious, 72, 73, 465 ; ii. 



129 



culture, 72 

 growth from seed, 73, 400, 402 



from root, 73, 400 

 seedlings eaten by sheep, 73, 402 



and by young Grouse, 73 



not by adults, 73 

 blossom, 74 

 seed, 74, 133 ; ii. 129 



ripening of, 74 



not eaten after January, 75 

 " frosted," 174, 378 



term defined, 175 



effect of frost on, ii. 130 

 good growth, effect of on stock, ii. 129 

 good grain year, good year for, 75 ; ii. 130 

 effect on of weather, ii., 128 

 burning, see Heather-burning 

 raking, in time of snow, 176, 442 

 Heather-beetle (Lochmcea suturalis), 414 ff 



as causing "frosted " heather, 176, 414 ff, 423 ; 



ii. 124 



former observations of, 416 f, 426 

 distribution, 414, 422 

 correspondence regarding, 415 ff 

 types of heather attacked by, 415, 423 

 action on plant, 417 

 quantity to acreage, 418 

 records of damage by, 415-422 

 date of injury, 422 

 methods of search for, 417, 418 

 analysis of heather samples, 418 

 life history, 422, 426 ff 



incomplete, 429 

 nflueuce of climate on, 423 



of rainfall on, 423 

 moisture- favourable to, 423 

 experiments with, 423, 426 ff, 429 

 eaten by blackgame, 424 

 methods of destroying, 423-425 

 morphology, 426 ff 

 characters, 427 

 allied forms, 426 

 hibernation, 429 

 pairing, 429 



Heather-burning, 392 ff, 443 

 history of, 393-396 

 " keeper's delight," 393-395 

 beneficial to both Grouse and sheep, 395, 405 f 

 sheep-farmers' views, 405 f 

 co-operation by shepherds, 406 

 in interests of landlord, 431 



,, of shooting-tenant, 431 

 to destroy " disease," 233, 397 

 to discourage heather-beetle, 403, 425 

 to foster healthy stock, 399, 431 ; ii. 131 



for future years, 443 

 to provide food supply, 398 

 in interests of sport, 404 

 in strips, 401 

 large patches, 401 

 small patches, 396, 401 



Heather-burning continued 

 rules, 396 f, 406 

 labour required, 397 

 expense of, 409 



areas, apportionment of, 399, 401 

 rotation of, 399-401, 407 

 estimating, 397 f, 408 

 measurement of, 399 

 example of scheme, 408 f 

 choice of rotation, 408 

 methods of burning, 397, 401 ff 

 burning against the grain, 402 

 back-firing, 402 

 second burning, 402 

 old and young heather, 400, 40(5 

 treatment of steep faces, 402 

 of flow ground, 403 

 of north slopes, 403 

 of knolls, 403 

 of peat hags, 403 

 of "grey" heather, 403 

 of burns and streams, 404 

 of " white grass," 411 

 of "green ground," 411 

 statutory seasons for, 404 

 " Spring " and " Autumn," 404 

 not after nesting begun, 470 

 Autumn burning, 404 ff, 44'2 

 periods of re-growth after, 408 

 objections to, answered, 409 

 Hedgehog, as vermin, 447 

 Ilelminthiasis, nee Tapeworms, etc. 

 relation to weight, 143 

 blood-count in, 316 

 Hens, old, uselessness of, 472 

 Heterakis papillosa, in Grouse, 217 f 



common worm in poultry and pheasants, 217 

 synonymy, 217 



" Hogging" effect on heather growth, 501 

 House fly, (Musca domestii-a) 



as carrier of coccidian spores, 262 

 Hymenolepis microps (Small Tapeworm), 342 ff 

 habitat duodenum, 104, 10.5, 342 

 numbers present, 342 

 effect on tissues, 113-115 

 difficult to detect, 342 

 not directly associated with mortality, 294 



nor with bacterial infection, 290-294 

 seasonal prevalence, 277, 285, 29" f 

 effect on host, 113-115, 277 

 morphology, 343 

 sexual organs, 343-344 

 intermediate host not discovered, 344-346 



IMMIGRATION of fresh stock, 476-477 

 evidence of, 477 



Incubation, effect of on weight, 140 

 period of, 13 



Insects, as food, 77, 88-90, 100, 369 ; ii. 86-90 

 parasitic, 348-360, 362 ff 

 as carriers of coccidian spores, 262 



Intestine, small, 104, 106, 115, 285 

 upper and lower portions, 105 

 habitat of large tapeworm (Drnwinea), 105 



