INDEX 



537 



Marten, destruction as pest, 126, 127, 176, 



229, 353, 362, 482 

 destruction for fur, m, no. 1^0-161, 



166 

 effect of destruction of forest upon, 350 



Maries martes. See Marten 



Martin, House, habit of selecting a domi- 

 cile, 401, 402 



protection for hawking, 203 

 protection through superstition, 239 



Martin, Martin, 74, 127, 130, 144, 145, 

 146, 148, 160, 172, 175, 212, 427 



Maryland, 475 



Massachussetts, 462 



Master of Game, The, 248 



Mauchline, 293 



Mauritius, destruction of Mayer's Pigeon by 



Macaque monkeys in, 245 

 extermination of Dodo in, 498 



Maxwell, Sir Herbert, 191, 293 



May Island, 249 

 lighthouse, 378 



Maybole, 161 



Mayetiola (Cecidomyia) destructor, 439 



Meadows, the, Edinburgh, prehistoric re- 

 mains of deer in, 336 

 wild fowl in, 371 



"Meal Worms," 410, 443 



Megaceros giganteus. See Deer, Giant 

 Fallow 



Migasternum, increase of, 396 



Megastignms spermolrophtts, 455 



Meles nteles. See Badger 



Melophagus ovinus, 423 



Melrose, 150, 331, 381 



Menteith, Lake, 134 



Merganser, Redbreasted, 17 



Merlin, 136 



Merodon equestris. See Narcissus Fly 



Merse, the, 366 



Mertoun, 347 

 Loch, 347 



Mertrick. See Marten 



Methlick, 272 



Methven, 293 



Mexico, 436 



" Michael, the Great," 319 



Michelet, Jules, 227 



Micropterus dolomieit. See Bass, Black 



Midge, Pear, 451 



Midlothian, Deer, Red, prehistoric remains 



in 333 



Dog, prehistoric remains in, 86 

 Elk, prehistoric remains in, 346 

 forest in, 314 

 Polecat in, 164 

 Squirrel, Red, in, 292 

 tropical Longicorn Beetles transported to, 



463 



Migdale Loch, 279 

 Miliaria europ&a, 394 

 Millais, J. G., 274, 332 

 Millipedes, increase of, 392 



.Mih'iis milvus. See Kite 

 Minard House, 294 

 Minnoch Water, 161 

 Minnow, transportation of, 279 

 Minto, 292, 293 

 Miramichi, forest fire of, 324 

 Misty Law Hills, 282 

 Mites, Cheese, 410 



Chicken, 423 



Flour, 410 



Fowl, 420 



Grain, 443 



introduced as parasites on livestock, 423 

 in dry food materials, 434 



Itch, 421 



Red, 392 



Sugar, 445 

 Mole, destruction as pest, 1 79 



increase, due to cultivation, 393 



in Italy, 498 



Mollusca, in water systems, 414, 415 

 Monkey, Macaque, in Mauritius, 245 

 Monnair, Forest of, 211 

 Monochammus dentator, 471 



sulor, 471 



Monomoritim pharaonis, 440 

 Monro, Don., 74, 160, 165, 251, 318 

 Monteviot, 276 

 Montrose, 356 

 Monymusk, 254, 272, 274 

 Moorfoot Hills, 282, 292 

 Moorfowl. See Grouse 

 Moorland, influence of Gulls on, 501-505 

 of Rabbits on, 499 

 of Sheep and Goats on, 500 



reclamation of, destruction of animal life 



due to, 36 s et seq., 488 

 Moose. See Elk 



in America, 346 



in New Zealand, 242 

 Moravia, 109 

 Moray, Right Hon. the Earl of, 214, 426 



Firth, 125, 1 88, 296, 297, 334, 358 

 Morayshire, "bog butter'' in, 58 



Capercaillie in, 273, 356 



Deer, Red, in, 211 



Goshawk in, 133 



Rat, Black, in, 427 



Squirrel in, 296. 352 



Swans on Loch Spynie in, 372 



Tit, Scottish Crested, in, 230 

 Morbhaich Moor, 86 

 Morlich, Loch, 193 

 Mortlake, 421 

 Morven, 295 

 Moryson, Fynes, 312 



Mosquitoes, disappearance due to reclama- 

 tion of swamps, 373, 510 



relation to ague, 5 r i 

 Moths, Angoumois Grain, 442 



Burnet, 448 



Clothes, 410 



Codlin, 451, 475 



