520 



INDEX 



Assynt, 120, 126, 177 



Astur palumbarius. See Goshawk 



Athalia colibri, 392 



Athene noctua. See Owl, Little 



Athole, foreign Deer in, 254 



Forest of, 114, 200 



royal hunts in, 119, 210-211, 265, 



266, 283, 285, 331, 355 

 Auk, Great, 17, 148 



destruction of, no, 138, 142-146, 488 

 Aulacaspis pentagona. See Scale Insects, 



Mulberry 

 Australasia, 463 

 Australia, Apple Scale in, 450 



Bed-Bug, Tropical, in, 421 



Codlin Moth in, 452 



Corn Weevils in, 442 



Greenbottle Fly in, 423 



Hare and Rabbit in, 241, 253, 255 



Land Planarians in, 464 



Mediterranean Fruit Fly in, 451 



plants and animals introduced into, 241, 



242, 245, 255 

 Awe, Loch, 126, 134, 164, 278, 294, 319, 



322, 331 



Ayala, Don Pedro de, 41, 149 

 Ayr, 472 



Ayr, River, 276, 277, 293 

 Ayrshire, Alpine Hare in, 282 



American Brook Trout in, 277 



Beaver, prehistoric remains in, 158 



Boar, Wild, prehistoric remains in, 90 



Capercaillie in, 270, 273 



Cattle, prehistoric remains in, 34, 51, 56, 



57 



Chough in, 178 

 Deer, Red, prehistoric remains in, 34, 



333 



Dog, prehistoric remains in, 34, 87 

 Goat, prehistoric remains in, 34 

 Grayling in, 276 

 Hawks in, 199 

 Horse, prehistoric remains in, 34, 70, 



Kite in, 133 



Marten in, i6r 



pearl fishing in, 195 



Polecat in, 164 



pollution of rivers in, 384 



Rabbit in, 252 



Reindeer, prehistoric remains in, 338, 



340, 344 



Sheep, prehistoric remains in, 34 

 skin produce of, 156 

 Squirrel in, 293 



Trochus lineatus in shell-mounds in, 20 

 Urus, prehistoric remains in, 51 

 Wolf, prehistoric remains in, 115 



Baddingsgill, 402, 403 

 Badenoch, 211 



Badger, denizen of ancient Scottish forests, 

 308, 329 



Badger Cont. 



destruction of, 229, 369 

 for skin, 156, 166, 170 

 for sport, 184-186 



drowned by floods, 328 



Flea, Human, parasitic on, 420 



importation for sport, 264 



protection through popular favour, 233 

 Bal&namysticetus. See Whales, Greenland 

 Baliznoptera. See Whales, Rorqual 

 Balance of animal life, 257, 486, 488, 489 

 Balamis tintinnabulum. See Barnacle, 



Common Acorn 

 Balgone, 69, 89 

 Ballochbuie Forest, 314 

 Balquhidder, 161 

 Baltimore Oriole, 299 

 Bananas, introductions with, 447, 474 

 Banchory, 272, 294, 358 

 Banffshire, "bog butter," discovered in, 58 



Capercaillie in, 272 



Great Spotted Woodpecker in, 35 s 



Kite in, 133 



Squirrel in, 296 



Wolf in, 120 

 Banks, Sir J., 46 r 

 Barclay, Dr William, 285 

 Baridium aterrimiis, 463 

 Barnacle, Common Acorn, distribution by 



ships, 432 

 Barra, 75, 277 

 Barrett- Hamilton and Hinton, Messrs, 



248, 425, 429 

 Barry, Rev. Geo., 284 



Sir F. T., 348 

 Barvas, 280 

 Bass, Black, 258, 259 



Striped, 380 



Bass Rock, 147, 171, 251 

 Bastin, Harold, 515 

 Bates, H. W., 17! 

 Bats, 379 

 Battle Abbey, 401 

 Bealach na Uidhe, Loch, 279 

 Beans and peas, pests introduced in, 445, 



446 



Bear, Brown, denizen of ancient Scottish 

 forests, 308, 329 



effect of destruction of forests upon, 351 



extermination of, 1 12-1 15, 481, 496, 497 



prehistoric remains of, 17, 20, 112, 114, 

 33 



reduction in size, 490 

 Beasts of prey, destruction of, 109, ni 



destruction of forest to extirpate, 120, 318 



effects of destruction of, 197, 489 

 Beaufort Castle, 181, 295, 296, 297 

 Beauly, 273 

 Beauly Firth, 118 

 Beauly River, 295 

 Beaver, in Scotland, 17, 155, 157 



destruction for skin, 155, 157-158, 221, 

 308, 329, 482, 497 



