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II. PROTECTION OF ANIMALS FOR UTILITY . . . .216 

 Food animals : Beasts and birds ; Fishes of fresh waters ; Sea fisheries ; 

 Mollusca and Crustacea Protection of Fur-bearing animals: The 

 Rabbit ; Seals Protection of animals as scavengers : Beasts and birds 

 of carrion Protection of the farmer's friends. 



III. PROTECTION OF ANIMALS FOR AESTHETIC REASONS. 229 

 Birds "attractive in appearance or cheerful in song." 



IV. PROTECTION OF ANIMALS THROUGH POPULAR FAVOUR 



AND SUPERSTITION . . 233 



Favoured mammals The poets and birds Insects Animal sanctu- 

 aries Superstition as a protector: Sacred animals; Scottish super- 

 stitions protecting birds and lesser creatures. 



CHAPTER V 



THE DELIBERATE INTRODUCTION OF NEW ANIMALS . 241 



The significance of Introductions Some general results. 

 I. ANIMALS INTRODUCED FOR THE SAKE OF UTILITY . 246 

 Appearance and spread of the Rabbit Effects of its introduction- 

 Failure to acclimatize foreign deer Destructiveness of introductions 

 Balance of Nature upset Success depends on an even balance ; some 

 foreign examples Some introduced fishes The Medicinal Leech 

 Counter-pests. 



II. ANIMALS INTRODUCED FOR THE SAKE OF SPORT . 264 

 The story of the Pheasant in Scotland Introduction and spread of 

 the Capercaillie The Great Bustard The Red-legged Partridge- 

 Incidental game-birds Some sporting fishes Transportations: fishes, 

 game-birds, the Mountain Hare and others. 



III. ANIMALS INTRODUCED FOR AMENITY . . . .283 



The Peacock Birds of bright plumage Gold and Silver Fishes The 

 histories of the Fallow and other Deer The American Grey Squirrel 

 The return and spread of the Common Red Squirrel The Beaver 

 Transported Mollusca " Escapes" A new motive and its warning. 



PART I.I 



MAN'S INDIRECT INTERFERENCE 



WITH ANIMAL LIFE . . . .301 



CHAPTER VI 

 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FOREST . . .304 



I. SCOTTISH FORESTS IN TIMES PAST . . . .305 



The Lower and Upper Forests of the Peat Nature or Man the 

 destroyer Early historical forests Forests in the fifteenth century 

 and after. 



