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INDEX 



Pancreas, 104, 114 



cultures from, 280 

 Partridges, 



methods of stock management, 439, 459 

 Peregrine, falcon, 448 

 Physiology, 100 ff 



of pigment production, 39 f 

 Pigmentation, physiology of, 39 f 

 of feathers, 37 f, 40 

 in relation to " wear and tear," 47 

 of eggs, 38 



" Piners," how produced, 471 

 in autumn, 50, 129, 138, 182 

 description of, 139 

 in spring, 173 

 Plumage, 29 ff 



local variations of, 3, 4, 42, 53 ff 



in cocks, classification of types, 55 f 

 red type, 56 

 black type, 57 

 white spotted type, 57 

 in hens, classification of types, 58 

 red type, 58 

 black type, 58 f 

 white-spotted type, 59 

 buff-spotted type, 59 

 buff-barred type, 59 f 

 abnormal variations, 60 

 uniformity the general rule, 44 

 seasonal changes, 29 ff 

 in cock, 29, 34-42 



"Winter" and "Summer," 29 

 effect of disease on, 30 f, 33, 127 f 

 ( )gilvie-Grant's theory, 31, 34, 37 

 Millais's theory, 31, 37, 40 

 "eclipse," 32 ff, 37, 48 



appellation inexact, 33 

 "Spring" and "Autumn," 32 

 in allied species, 34, 41 

 in hen, 38 f, 43-53 

 re-pigmentation, 37, 40, 128 



Metchnikoffs theory, 37 

 as guide to sex, 62 

 as guide to age, 48, 63 

 Pneumo-enteritis, 490 

 Pneumonia, 123 f, 125 



never observed, 200, 204, 276, 299 

 Poached game, facilities for sale of, 452 

 Poachers, 450 ff 



professional, 450, 452 

 occasional, 450, 452 

 prevention of, 451 

 in former days, 451 

 snaring on stocks, 451 

 " becking," 452 

 netting, 453 

 egg-stealing, 453 

 Poisoning, 169 f 



septic, in Grouse, 170 

 Polecat, 447 

 " Preservation -theory " of "Grouse Disease," 185, 



444 



Primary feathers, growth of, 64 f 

 diagram, 64 



Protozoa, 318 ff 



bibliography, 332 

 Proventriculus, 101, 106, 111 

 Psorospermium avium, see Coccidium avium 

 Psorospermosis see Coccidiosis 

 Ptarmigan, moults of, 41 



RAINFALL, effect on heather-beetle, 422 



relation to yield of Grouse, ii. 140 

 Raven, as vermin, 449 

 Rectum, 104, 106, 110 



inflammation of, 116 

 Re-pigmentation of plumage, 37 ff, 46, 128 



Metchnikoff's theory, 37 



Millais's theory, 40 

 Rhizopoda, 328 (see Anueba lagopodis) 

 Rook, as vermin, 449 

 Rotation, in heather-burning, 407 



SCATOPHAGA STERCORARIA, see Dung-fly 



Scent, loss of while sitting, 13 

 Sex, methods of ascertaining, 60 ff 

 in relation to plumage, 61 f 

 to weight, 134, 140 

 ,, to packing, 475 



Sheep, destructive to seedling heather, 73, 402 

 advantageous on heather ground, 500 

 may kill out heather, 500 

 fencing burnt areas from, 501 

 Sheep-drains, 15, 10!) 

 Sheep-rents and Grazing-rents, 394 

 Sheep-stocks, notes on management, 499 



control of, 501 

 Shooting lodges, 493 

 Shot, wounds from, 151, 153, 162 ff 



alleged poisoning by, 169 f 

 Skin disease, 183 f 

 Snaring on corn stocks, 452 

 Snow, effect on pairing, 5 



on nesting, 10 ; ii. 129 

 on healthiness of stock, 22, 381 ; ii. 130 

 on migration, 6, 381 

 on heather, 176, 381 

 "jugging" in, 22 

 breaking of surface, 176, 442 

 vermin tracking in, 443 

 " Soft-shell," 183 



Specimens examined, schedule of, ii. 27-85 

 Spirochtfta eberthi, see Trichomonas eberthi 

 Spirochceta lagopodis, 323 ff 

 staining, 324 

 characters, 324 

 schizogouy, 324 

 effect on host, 325 

 intermediate host, 325 

 blood count, when present, 314 

 Spirochceta lovati, 327 f 

 staining, 327 

 in ceecal contents, 327 

 structure, 327 

 schizogony, 328 

 Spirochcetacea, 323-327 



Sporozoa (blood parasites) of Grouse, 318-325 

 Spleen, 126 



