98 APPENDIX F 



TABLE OF DAILY OBSERVATIONS MADE UPON GROUSE () UNDER 



GRIT STARVATION 



Grouse (B) was a healthy cock Grouse, hatched four months before the 

 experiment, and well grown. 



1908 Weight in osa. 



Sept. 18 14f Was put on board flooring, being fed only with dari, 



rice, and heather, but with no grits or gravel of 

 any kind. 



() passed about twice as much of the solid dejecta as 

 (A) during the first twenty-four hours, also passed 

 quite one hundred and sixty grits, all small 

 except about twenty, and a lot of sand. 

 Examined csecal dejecta and found no trace of Tricho- 

 strongylus in it, neither eggs nor worm larvee of 

 cestode or nematode, but a number of coccidian 

 spores were present as usual. 



19 15 Twenty - seven small grits were passed. Very little 



of the grit was larger than coarse sand. 



,, 20 15 Thirteen small grits were passed. 



,, 21 14f Two small grits were passed. 



The droppings were more scanty and smaller in calibre. 

 The bird's appetite was apparently failing ; gave 

 dari, rice, and fresh heather daily, but no grits. 

 Examined csecal droppings daily, found no nema- 

 tode larvae or ova, but numbers of coccidia. 



,, 22 15^ Nine small grits were passed. 



,, 23 15 Two small grits were passed. 



24 15 Two small grits were passed. 



,, 25 15 Three small grits were passed. 



26 14 Three small grits were passed. 



27 14^ Ten small grits were passed. Blaeberry leaves were 



given to-day and more grits were passed. 



,, 28 15 Twelve small grits were passed. 



