INDEX 



Angus, 356 



Animals, acclimatization of, 246 



balance, even, necessary for successful 

 adaptation, 255, 257, 419, 486, 489 



chains of circumstances affecting, 479 



changes in habits, 400-416 



complex of life, 498, 499 



decline in physique, 489 



decrease due to cultivation and civiliza- 

 tion, 365-386, 488 



deliberate destruction of, 109196, 480, 

 481 



deliberate interference with, 25 et seq. 



development of man's influence upon, 

 480 



dispersal of, 397~399 



domesticated, numbers added to fauna, 

 4 86 



domestication of, 27-107. See Domes- 

 tication 



extermination of larger and addition of 

 smaller, 497 



fauna, the great change in, 497 



forest, destruction of, affecting, 327-364 



increase, due to cultivation and civiliza- 

 tion, 387-396 

 in numbers, 492-496 

 in variety, 490 



indirect interference with, 303 et seq. , 498- 



5>5 



influences tending to increase numbers, 

 387-396, 481-488, 49 2 -49.6 



to modify character and habits, 489 



to reduce numbers, 488 

 introduction of, deliberate, for amenity, 

 264, 283-300 



for sport, 264-282 



for utility, 246-263 

 introduction of, unforeseen, 417-47*, 



4 8o, 487 

 native, on Man's arrival in Scotland, 1 2 



et seq. 



post-glacial, 12 



protection of, 197-240, 481, 485, 487 

 recoil upon man of his influence upon, 



506-517 



sanctuaries, 736 



selection of domicile by, 400 



transportation of, 278-282 

 Annan, River, 176 

 Annandale, 429, 430 

 Anobium domesticum, 404 



paniceum. See Beetles, Biscuit 

 Anser anser. See Goose, Grey Lag 

 Anthonomus pomortim, 392 



signatus, 392 

 Antilles, the, 421 

 Ants, as food of pheasants, 268 



introduction in food materials, 440 



Red House, 440 



tropical, introduced into greenhouses, 



463 



Antwerp, 414 



A fan teles glomeratus, 458 

 Aphis, Cabbage, 458 



Corn, 44 o 



Turnip, 392 



Woolly (American Blight), 392, 461, 



474. 4 8 / 



Aphodius, increase of, 396 

 Appin, 352 398 



Apple, introduction of pests with, 449 

 Apple seed chalcid, 453 

 Apple trees, American Blight on. See 

 Aphis, Woolly 



Codlin Moth as pest on, 451, 475 



Scale insects on, 450 

 Aquila chrysaetus. See Eagle, Golden 

 Arctic fauna, 12, 13 



flora, 10, 305, 306 



Arctocephalus ursinus. See Seal, Fur 

 Ardea egrctta and candidissitna. See Egrets 

 Ardnamurchan, 164, 296, 494 

 Ardrossan shell-mound, 19, 71, 158 

 Argali, the, 44 

 Argentina, 262, 459, 460 

 Argyllshire, Cattle, Highland, in, 61 



Capercaillie in, 270, 273 



Celtic shorthorn in, 57, 58 



Chough in, 178 



Deer, Fallow, in, 287 

 Red, in, 31, 334 

 Roe, in, 31, 331, 332 



domestic stock in, 494 



forest, destruction in, 319, 320, 354 



Marten in, 161 



Minnow in, 279 



Polecat in, 164 



Rabbit in, 252 



Squirrel in, 294, 296, 352, 353, 354 



Starling, Red-winged, in, 283 



Willow Grouse in, 275 

 Arhopalns speciosus, 472 

 Arkaig. Loch, 314 

 Arran, Capercaillie in, 270, 355 



Chough in, 178 



Deer, Virginian, in, 254, 287 



Hare, Common Brown, in, 280 

 Mountain or Variable, in, 281 



Minnow in, 279 

 Arrochar, 161, 288 

 Arthur's Seat, 190 



Arvicola ratticeps. See Vole, Northern 

 Ascaris litmbricoides, 422 



megalocephala, 422 

 A stilus aquaticns, 414 

 Ashby, Lincolnshire, 139 

 Ashiestiel, 314 

 Ashkirk, 336 



Ash worth, Prof. J. H., 403 

 Asia, 421, 442 

 Askaig, Loch, 134 



Asparagus, pests introduced with, 459 

 Aspidotus a/i&tus, 461 f.-n. 



ffrniciosus. See Scale Insects, San Jose 

 Assam, 328 



