INDEX 



ACTIVITY of plant life, 19 

 Adaptations : 



of animals, 43, 48, 52, 67, 

 72, 112, 144, 160 



of birds, 47, 48, 54 



of insects, 55 



of plants, 27, 43, 57-58, 102, 



no, 133, 141 



Adder (Pelias berus), 30, 121 

 Algae, 23, 99, 133, *34, *43 

 Alpine fauna, 59 

 Alpine flora, 27, 57 

 Alps, 36 



Alternation of generations, 152 

 Antlers, 66 

 Ants, 95, 167-169 



B 



Bacteria, 89, 96 



Barberry, 19 



Bat, 50, 52 



Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva- 



ursi), 91 

 Beetles, 127 

 Billberry (V actinium myrtillus), 



93 



Blackcock, 78 



Bladder wort (Utricularia), 138 



Bogs. See Heath Moss and 

 Peat 



Bog Asphodel (Narthetium ossi- 

 fy agum), 105 



Bog Moss. See Moss 



Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale), 103 



Bog ^Pimpernel (A nagallis " te- 

 nella), 104 



Bracken, n 



Broom (Cytisus scoparius), 94 



Bunting. Snow (Plectrophenax 



nivalis), 82 

 Butterwort (Pinguiculd) , 100 



Carnivorous plants, 20, 100-102, 



138, 143 



Caterpillars, 17, 169 

 Chamois (Rupicapra tragus), 47, 



5- 7 1 

 Chemical action of plants, 10, 



19, 20, 59, 91, 95, 96, 98, 102, 



108-109, 134, 143 

 Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhoco- 



rax), 82 

 Cinquefoil (Potentilla cornarum), 



103 

 Circulation of matter, n, 12, 



109, 134 

 Cocoons, 17 

 Cold-blooded animals, 49, 52, 55, 



122 

 Colour changes : 



in animals, 47, 48, 52, 62- 



6 5 



in birds, 47 

 in plants, 57 



Colouring, 146 



Cotton Grass (Eriophorum vagi- 

 natum), 103-104 



Cranberry ( V actinium oxy coc- 

 cus), 94 



Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum\ 

 90 



Cuckoo, 14 



Cuckoo-spit, 12 



