Index 



399 



Canis familiaris prcdatorius > 235. 

 Castell Cam Dochan, 391. 

 Catching a weasel asleep, 139. 

 Caterpillars, 97, 108-10, 265. 



eaten by sheep, 108. 



effect of climate on, 85. 



plague of, 62. 

 Caterpillar year, a, 66. 

 Cats, 259, 290, 293, 331, 390. 



amphibious, 332. 

 Cattle, black, 13, 119, 129. 



Hereford, 119. 

 Celandine, 80. 

 Celtic character, 16. 



hospitality, 2. 



imagination and patriotism, 233. 

 Chaffinch, 117, 161. 

 Chain of destruction, a, 316. 

 Change of colour in fur, 139. 

 Changing fauna, a, 69. 

 Cherry trees, Wild, 364. 

 Chiffchaff, 179. 

 Chough, 192. 



Chrysalides affected by weather, 85. 

 Chub, 113. 

 Click-beetles, 256. 

 Clipping lambs, 10. 

 Coal Tit, 135. 



Coch-y-bondhu, or Coch-a-bonddu, 243. 

 Cockchafers, 131, 243, 315. 

 Cock-crowing, 123. 

 Collies, 4. 



blue merles, 5. 



poaching, 218, 235. 



Welsh types of, 5. 

 Consumers and producers, 180. 

 Coots, 40, 43, 44. 

 Coral Island, 180. 

 Corby, 206. 



messenger, 206. 

 Corcgonidce, 30. 

 Cormorants, 36, 46. 

 Corn Crake, 161, 258, 286, 384. 

 Corpse bird, 77, 357. 

 Cotton grass, 108. 

 Courtship amongst birds, 274. 

 Craig-Llyn-Dyfi, 343. 

 Crane-flies, 88, 255. 

 Creepers, and Creeper - fishing, 117, 



118. 



Creeper, Tree, 258, 280, 287, 364. 

 Crops, 12. 

 Crows, 81, 141, 172, 184, 191, 212, 221, 



283, 287. 

 Crow family, 191. 



hooded, 191. 

 Cruelty, 384. 

 Cuckoo, 130, 162, 286. 



spit, 157. 



Cupid's spring, 143. 

 Curlew, 99, 262, 286. 

 Curse of Noah, 207. 



an ancient, 251. 

 Curved v. straight bills, 263. 

 Customs, old, 9, 15. 

 Cwic Craes, 226. 

 Cwmffynon, 225. 

 Cymmer Abbey, 18, 59. 



Dabchick taken by Pike, 29. 



diving powers of, 43 (see Grebe, 



Little). 



Daddy-long-legs, 254. 

 Dallgwm, 142. 



Death-rate amongst birds, 68. 

 Dee, River, 20. 

 Demon Haunt, 60. 

 Demons, 102. 



Development of races, 31, 261. 

 Devil's Rock, 209. 



footprints, 209. 

 Dew, 125. 

 Dew-berries, 114. 

 Dinas Mawddwy, 247. 

 Dipper, 161, 286, 378. 

 Diseased Grouse and Salmon, 219. 

 Dogs, intelligence of, 4. 



numbers of, 5. 

 Dolgelly, 58. 

 Dormice, 50. 

 Dove, Ring, 283, 370-371. 



Stock, 178, 366, 370. 

 Dragon-flies, 112, 131. 

 Drainers, natural, 89. 

 Drought, effect of, on insects, etc. , 85. 

 Druid's bird, 149. 

 Druid's rock, 209. 

 Drumming of Snipe, 99. 

 Drws-y-nant, 59. 

 Duck, Golden-eye, 40. 



Hybrid, 41. 



Pochard, 40. 



Teal, 40, 54. 



Tufted, 40. 



Wigeon, 40. 



Wild, 40, 41. 



Ducklings destroyed by Pike, 29. 

 Ducks on Bala Lake, 40. 

 Dunlin, 263, 268, 283. 

 Dust-bath taken by Wren, 149. 

 Dyfi, or Dovey Valley, 234. 



Eagles, 128, 134, 145, 369. 



Golden, 146. 



White-tailed, 146. 

 Edeinion, Fair Vale of, 19. 



