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INDEX 



Quail, as food, 266 



Button-, introduction of, 275 



decrease in number, 367 



destruction for food, 139 



protection for sport, 205 



Virginian, introduction of, 275 

 Quarantine inspections of imports, 474 

 Quebec, 458 



Quedius mesomeli-nus, 416 

 Queensberry Hill, 282 



Raasay, 178, 282 



Rabbit, change of habit in selection of 



domicile, 400 

 destruction as pest, 21, 137, 179-180, 



2 52, 253, 390, 391 

 destruction for skin, 156, 166-168, 222, 



252, 390 

 dispersal of, 398 

 domestication of, 106 

 effects of introduction of, 253-254, 499, 



500 

 increase due to cultivation, 390, 485, 496, 



497 

 influence on forest growth, 323 



on vegetation, 487, 499-500 

 introduction and spread in Scotland, 



247-253, 400, 496 

 "Jack," 369 

 pest in the colonies, 241, 243, 245, 2S5, 



498 

 protection for food, 205, 217,221, 250,251 



for fur, 221-222, 249, 250 

 warrens, 249 et seq. 

 Raehills, 287 

 Raesgill, 338 

 Railways, decrease of animal life due to, 



.379 



dispersal of animals by, 398 

 Rangifer tarandus. See Reindeer 

 Rannoch, 119, 126, 319 



Black Wood of, 314 



Loch, 271 

 Rat, absence from certain areas, 426 



Alexandrine, 428 



as pest in Harris, 427 



bird -colonies infested by, 432 



Black, or "Ship," 425-428, 487, 496 



Common orBrown, colonization of Europe 

 by, 428-432, 487, 496 



damage done by, 430, 431 



dispersal of, 398 



fleas infesting, 423, 507 



in coal-pit, 416 



in sewers, 413 



increase of, 137, 391, 395, 432, 497, 507 

 during the War, 396 



introduction by ships, 425 et seq. 



Kangaroo, 389 



"Norway." See Common or Brown 



parasites introduced by, 420, 423, 507 



railways as means of dispersal of, 399 



relation to disease, 507-508 



Raven, in Scotland, 17 



as scavenger, 224, 225, 226, 395, 405 



destruction of 136, 482 



increase of, 230 



influence of towns upon, 405 

 "Ravenois foullis," 136 

 Ray, Thornback, 8, 19 

 Razorbill, 8, 17 

 ''Red Maggot," 440 

 Redpolls, 193, 329 

 Redshank, 140 

 Reeves, 140 



Regent's Park, American Cockroach in, 

 436 



Grey Squirrel in, 288 

 Reid, Clement, 1 1 , 305 

 Reindeer, in Scotland, 14, 20, 308, 497 



destruction for sport, 187 



effect of destruction of forest upon, 338- 



34 6 . 35 

 extermination of, 207, 213, 481, 496, 



497 



failure to re-acclimatize, 242, 254 

 in Pribilof Islands, 257 

 Magdalenian sculpture of, 30 

 prehistoric and early remains of, 3r, 69, 



33. 33 8 > 34. 344 



racial character of Scottish, 343-346 



Woodland, 329, 343 

 Renfrewshire, Capercaillie in, 273 



Deer, Giant Fallow, prehistoric remains 



in, 68 

 Red, in 207 



Grayling in, 276 



Hare, Alpine, in, 282 



Horse, prehistoric remains in, 68 



Polecat in, 164 



Trout, American Brook, in, 277 



Urus, prehistoric remains in, 50, 68 

 Reyce, Breviary of Suffolk, 248 

 Rhidorroch Forest, 314 

 Rhinocola dianthi, 392 

 Rhizoctonia, 475 



Rhyssa tridactyla. See Gulls, Kittiwake 

 Rhytina stelleri, 138 

 Richardson, Dr, 402 

 Richmond, Yorkshire, 112 



Park, 288 



Riley, Prof., 458, 473 

 Rivers, barriers causing decrease of fisheries, 

 in, 379-382 



pollution causing decrease of animal life 



in, 382-386, 488 



Roads, dispersal of animals by, 398 

 Robbers, destruction of forests for, 318 

 Robert Bruce, King, 66, 82, 199, 207, 310, 



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Robin, association with man, 406 

 increase due to cultivation, 394 

 introduction to New Zealand, 241, 242 

 "Pekin," introduced, 283 

 protection by popular favour, 234 

 by superstition, 237 



