540 



INDEX 



Partridge Cont. 



Hungarian, introduction for sport, 275 



protection for food, 217, 266 

 for hawking, 203 

 for sport, 204, 205, 206 



Red-legged, introduction for sport, 275 



transportation to colonies, 241, 242 

 Parus cristatus scoticus. See Tit, Scottish 

 Crested 



major. See Tit, Great 

 Paterson, J., 288 

 Peach, Dr B. N., 9, 17, 31, in, 226, 282, 



34 

 Peacock, as food, 140, 266 



introduction of, 265, 283 

 Pear midge, 451 

 Pearl fishing, 194-196 

 Peas and beans, pests introduced in, 445 

 Peat, formation of, n, 309 



lower forest layer in, 305 



upper forest layer in, 306, 326 

 Pediculoides ventricosus, 443 

 Pediculus. See Lice 

 Peebles, 430 

 Peeblesshire, Deer, Red, prehistoric remains 



Douglas Fir Seed Chalcid as pest in, 456 



Elk, prehistoric remains in, 346 



fur produce of, 156 



Gulls on moorland, effect in, 501 



Hare, Alpine, in, 282 



Martins' nests on house in, 402 



Rat, Brown, in, 430 



Squirrel in, 292 



Pelican, 18 



Penang, 463 



Penguins, destruction for oil, 171 



Penicuik, 332 



Pennant, Thos., 114, 142, 195, 269, 285, 

 352, 356 



Pennsylvania, 475 



Pentland Hills, Celtic Shorthorn, prehistoric 



remains on, 55 

 Deer, Red, on, 208, 334 



Roe, on, 332 



Fox, prehistoric remains on, 69 

 Gulls, effect on moorland on, 501 

 Hare, Alpine, on, 282 

 Horse, prehistoric remains on, 69 

 Martins' nests on house on, 402 

 Reindeer, prehistoric remains on, 69, 340 

 Ring Ouzel, disappearance from, 370 

 Wolf, prehistoric remains on, 69, 115, 

 121 f.-n. 



Percafluviatilis. See Perch 



Perch, Californian, 258 

 transportation of, 279 



Peregrine Falcon, change of habit in selection 



of nesting site, 401 

 protection for sport, 200, 202 



Perichaeta indica, 464 



Perlplaneta americana, 436, 463 

 attstralasiae, 436, 463 



Periwinkles, use as food, 153 



Perkins, Principal, 323 



Pernis apivorus. See Buzzard, Honey 



Perodipus, 389 



Perth, 9, 276 



Perthshire, ague in, 509, 510 



Bear in, 114 



Beaver in, 1 7 



prehistoric remains in, 157 



Capercaillie in, 270, 271, 272, 355, 356 



Chough in, 178 



Deer, Fallow, in, 285, 287 

 Red, in, 334 

 Roe, in, 331, 332 



Eagle, Golden, in, 128 



Elk, prehistoric remains, in, 346, 348 



forest, destruction in, 319, 361 



Kite in, 133 



Marten in, 161 



Osprey in, 134 



pearl-fishing in, 195 



Polecat in, 164 



Rabbit in, 252, 391 



Squirrel in, 293, 398 



Urus, prehistoric remains in, 51 



Wild Cat in, 126 



Wolf in, 120, 121 f.-n. ,319 



Woodpecker, Great Spotted, in, 360 

 Pests, Californian quarantine inspections 

 for, 474 



counter-pests introduced to combat, 259- 

 263, 419 



destruction of, 176-183 



increase due to cultivation, 387 



introduction of, 21, 255, 387-396, 417- 



475- 49 6 



Peterhead, 164, 174 

 Petrel, Fulmar. See Fulmar 

 Phalarope, Red-necked, 230 

 Pheasant, as food, 140 



change of food habit in, 410 



Chinese, or Ring-necked, 268 

 in America, 206 



food of, 206 



Gulls protected for, 206, 502 



introduction for sport, 264-268, 496 



Japanese, 268 



Mongolian, 268 



protection for sport, 205 



Reeve's, 268 



sensitiveness to sound, 379 



transportation to colonies, 241 

 Philip, George, 394 

 Phoca vitulina. See Seal, Common 

 Phora riifipes, 416 

 Phoxinus phoxinus. See Minnow 

 Phthirm pubis. See Lice, Crab 

 Phyllodromia germanica, 438 

 Phyllotreta netnontm, 392 

 Phylloxera vastatrix, 461, 474, 487 

 Physa aaita, 466 



Physeter macrocephalus. See Whale, Sperm 

 "Pictish Towers." See Brochs 



