530 



INDEX 



Forests, destruction of Cont. 



influence on Bear, Brown, 351 

 on Capercaillie, 268, 274, 354-357 

 on Deer, 330-338 

 on Elk, 346-350 

 on Fox, 351 

 on Great Spotted Woodpecker, 357- 



360, 361 

 on Grouse, 361 

 on Reindeer, 338-346, 350 

 on Squirrel, 290, 351-354 

 on Urus, 350 

 on Wolf, 120, 318, 351 

 physical changes wrought by, 327 

 wind and fire as agents of, 324 

 early historical, 309-314 

 laws relating to, 309, 310, 311 

 Lower Peat, 305 

 post-glacial, 10, 12 

 prehistoric, 305 

 relations of Scottish fauna to, 12, 13, 



328 



Upper Peat, 306 

 Forfar, 90, 272 



Loch of, 90, 372 



Forfarshire, Capercaillie in, 272, 274 

 Chough in, 178 



Elk, prehistoric remains in, 346 

 Horse, prehistoric remains in, 69 

 Marten in, 161 

 Polecat in, 164 

 Rat, Black, in, 427 

 Wolf in, 120 



Forres, 126, 199 

 ' ' Forrest-shire, 3 1 ; 



Fort Augustus, 296 

 Forth, Firth of, decrease of fauna in, 386 

 pollution of, 385 

 shell fisheries of, 153, 386 

 Fotheringham, 274 

 Foula, 228 



Foumart. See Polecat 

 Fowls. See Poultry 

 Fox, Blue, slaughter for skins, 1 10 

 , Common, 17, 329, 365 

 destruction of, 121-124 



for skin, 155, 156, 166, 168, 221 

 for sport, 184, 264 



effect of destruction of forest upon, 351 

 introduction to colonies, 243, 498 

 early remains of, 69, 490 

 reduction in size, 490 

 France, 431, 453, 461, 462, 466, 469 

 Franck, R., 426 

 Frankfield Loch, 298 

 Frew, Bridge of, 292, 398 

 Frogs, decrease due to reclamation of 



swamps, 372, 373 

 Green Tree-, 447 

 prehistoric remains of, 373 

 P'ruit, introduction of animals with, 447 

 Fruit-crops, birds as pests of, 411 

 Fruit Fly, Mediterranean, 448, 450 



Fulmar Petrel, 145 



destruction for oil, 171 



increase of, 230 



slaughter for food, 147 

 Fulmart. See Polecat 

 Fulmarus glacialis. See P'ulmar Petrel 

 Fur- bearing animals, destruction of, 1 55- 1 74 



protection of, 221-223 

 Furnace, 321, 353 

 Fyne, Loch, 294, 321 

 Fyvie, 161 , 296 



Gairsey, 282 

 Gala, River, 384 

 Galloper Lightship, 378 

 Galloway, 46, 156, 239 



Cattle. See under Cattle 

 Game Laws, 180, 198-215, 481 



special Orders during Great War, 205, 



212, 215 



Gamhna, Loch, 193 

 Gannet, 8, 17, 145 



destruction for food, 146 

 for oil, 171 



increase of, 230 

 Ganvich, Loch na, 279 

 Garbage, animals as scavengers of, 223-226 



dispersal of rats due to, 432 



increase of flies due to, 396, 506 



influence on increase of animal life, 395- 



396 



Garden, 164 

 Garden pests, increase of, 392 



plants, introductions with, 462 

 Garefowl. See Auk, Great 

 Gare Loch, 289 

 Garelochhead, 289 

 Garnett, T., 134 

 Garry, River, 271 

 Garry whin, 71, 87 

 Garson, Dr J. G., 87 

 Gartmore, 10 

 Gartmorin Dam, 279 

 Gastrophilus eqiti, 423 

 Georgia, South, no, 170, 175 

 Germany, 431, 463, 464, 469 



Black Rat in, 425 



Capercaillie in, 269 



Elk in, 349 



Red Deer in, 264, 337 

 Gesner, Konrad v., 401 

 Giga, 178 



Gilbey, Sir Walter, 83 

 Gillanders, A. T., 469 

 Gilpin, W., 313, 325 

 Glacial period, 2, 6, 10, n, 12, 49, 279 

 Glamis, 293 



Castle, 272 

 Glasgow, 69, 427, 434, 438, 441, 463,471 



472 



Glass parish, 272 

 Gled. See Kite 

 Glenalmond, 272, 293 



