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Index. 



Pheasants (continued} : 



Mock, 55 



Natural history, I 



Netting, 59 



Ophthalmia, 47 



Pinioning, II 



Poaching, 55, 57 



Proportion of hens and cocks, 72 



Protection, 54, 60 



Rearing coop, 32 



Roup, 42 



Scrofula, 43 



Snaring, 59 



Tester for eggs, 30 



Transporting, 73 



Turning down, 9 



Vent-binding, 44 



Vermin, 61 



Water, 36, 68 



Young stock, treatment of, 38 

 Pitfall trap, 425 

 Poaching and poachers, 503 



Alarm-guns, 511 



Egg stealing, 508 



Kinds of poachers, 503 



Prevention, 508 

 Poaching Prevention Act, 545 

 Poisoned Flesh Prevention Act, 547 

 Poisoned Grain Prevention Act, 546 

 Polecat, the, 213 



Crossing with ferrets, 222 



Haunts and habits, 213 



In pursuit, 219 



Pluck, 222 



Taking, 271, 282, 317 

 Ptarmigan, the, 141 



Natural history, 141 

 Preserving, 141 



Q 



Quail, the, 146 

 Food, 147 

 Habits, 146 

 Preserving, 146 



R 



Rabbit, the silver-grey, 187 



Breeding in warrens, 187 



Crossing with wild rabbits, 190 



Introduction, 188 



Obtaining a supply, 189 



Specialities, 187 

 Rabbit, the wild, 163 



Habits, 163 



Haunts, 163 



Varieties, 164 

 Rabbit warrens, 168 



Artificial warrens, 176 



Extra food, 172 



Fencing, 182 



Formation of coverts, 175 



Kinds, 169 



Labour, 184 



Sites, 181 



Suitable land, 180 

 Rabbits, sending to market, 186 



Taking, 185 

 Rat, the, 393 



Black, the, 393 



Brown, the, 395 



Cannibalism of, 396 



Catching, 411 



Character, 395 



Devotion of the female, 398 



Disparity of sexes, 396 



Extraordinary fecundity, 396 



Ferocity, 395 



Ferreting, 404 



Food of, 400 



Habits, 396 



In colonies, 399 



Lures, 406 



Method of destroying on farms, 



403 



Origin, 394 



Physical advantages, 401 

 Poisons, 408 

 Rapacity, 400 



