INDEX 



Falkland, 164 



Islands, 175 

 Famham, 323 

 Farquharson, Rev. J., 324 

 Farrow, E. P., 253, 499 

 Fasciola (Distcmum) htpaiica. See Liver 



fluke 



Fauna, changes affecting, v 

 Ferenze, forest of, 207 

 Ferret, 107 



Fertilizing agents, introduction of, 5 1 5 

 Feugh, River, 294 

 Fiddich, 384 

 F'.eldfare, 266, 394 

 Fife, Capercaillie in, 270, 272, 273 



Celtic Shorthorn, early remains in, 57 



Deer, Red, in, 207 



early remains of large size, in, 337 

 Roe, in, 332 



Dog, prehistoric remains in, 87 



Flies, swarms of, in, 403 



forests, destruction in, 312, 318 



lochs and swamps in, 371 



Marten in, 161 



Owl, Little, in, 256 



Partridge, Red-legged, in, 275 



Pigeon caves and dovecots in, 97, 100 



Polecat in, 164 



Rabbit warrens in, 249, 250, 252 



Rat, Brown, in, 395 



Squirrel in, 292 

 Fifty-foot Beach, 9, 10, n, 19, 20, *6, 



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Fig Insect, introduction to California, 257 

 Finches, 256, 413 



increase of, 230, 485 

 Findhorn, River, 328 

 Finnart, 288 

 Fiorinia fioriniae, 461 f.-n. 



kcwensis, 461 f.-n. 

 Fire, the Great, 3 1 6 

 Fisheries. See also Shell-Fisheries 



protection of, 217, 220 



yield of, 149 

 Fishes, decrease due to pollution, 382-386 



decrease due to river barriers, 379-382 



destruction for food, 149, 150, 151 



dispersal by waterways, 397 



food of early inhabitants, 8, 19, 149 



fossil, in Caithness, 482 



in waterworks, 413, 414 



introduced, 258, 276, 284 



introduction for amenity, 284 



introduction for sport, 276-278 



prehistoric remains of, 8, 19 



protection for food. 217-220 



transportation of, 278-279 

 Fish-hatcheries, 219 

 Fish-hawk. See Osprey 

 Fittis, R- S-, 116 

 Fleas, Brown Rat as carrier, 423, 507 



Human, in houses, 404 

 increase during War, 396 



Fleas Cont. 



introduction unawares, 420 



parasitic on Badger, 420 

 Plague, introduction unawares, 420 ^07 

 "Shore/' 395 

 " Watery 373, 397 

 Flies, Apple Seed Chalcid, 453 

 Bot-, 423 

 Blow-, or Bluebottle, 404 



increase during War, 396 



Chalcid, 453, 454, 45 6, 473, 475 



Citrus White, 475 



Fruit, 474 



Green-bottle, 423 



Hessian, 439 



House, 403, 404 



and disease, 506 



increase due to garbage, 396, 496, 506 

 Ichneumon, 469 

 in coal-pit, 416 



Mediterranean Fruit, 448, 450 

 Narcissus. 465, 474 

 Pear Midge, 45 1 

 relation to disease. 506 

 " Sheep-tick, " 423 

 "Spider," parasitic on horses, 423 

 " Tick,'' parasitic on horses, 423 

 Warble, 423 

 Wheat Midge, 440 

 Yellow Dung, 396 

 Flora, po.-t-glacial, 10 

 Florida, 436 



Flounder, in waterworks. 414 

 Flour, animals introduced with, 443 

 Flower garden, introductions with plants 



of, 462 



" Flukes," transportation of, 421 

 Liver, of sheep, 373. 422, 514 

 Food, habits, changes due 10 cultivation and 



civilization, 408-413 

 materials, animals introduced in, 434- 



446 



protection of animals for, 216-220 

 scarcity and high prices in Scotland, 216, 



217 



supplies, increase affecting fauna, 387 

 Forbes, Prof. Edward, 386 

 Forests, curtailment of growth by sheep, 



goats and rabbits, 323, 500 

 destruction of, 303, 304-364, 488, 496 



effects on animal life, 327-364 



effects on climate, 327 



final results of, 325-326, 360, 362 



for agriculture, 322-323 



forextirpation ofbeastsofprey, 120, 318 



for fuel, 315 



for housebuilding, 316 



for iron-smelting, 319 



for safety in travelling, 318 



for sheep pasturage. See under Sheep 



for shipbuilding, 319 



incidental to conquest, 317 



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