544 



INDEX 



Scale Insects Cont. 

 Mussel, 450, 460, 474 

 Orange Mussel, 461 f.-n. 

 Purple, 475 

 Red-Spotted, 474 

 San Jose, 261, 475 

 Screw-pine, 461 f.-n. 

 Shield, 475 



Scandinavia, 458, 484 f.-n. 

 Scatophaga stercoraria, 396 

 Scavengers, protection of beasts and birds 



as, 223-226, 395 



Sciurus carolinensis. See Squirrel, Grey 

 vulgaris. See Squirrel, Common Red 

 Scotland, advantages of fauna for study, 



2 et seq. 



arrival of man in, 2, 6 

 early climate and vegetation, 10 

 early inhabitants, 8 

 early physical condition, 9 

 original fauna of, 12, 492 

 surface features on man's arrival, 9, 484 

 Scots, Fir, 308 



Grey fowls, 101, 102 

 Scotstown Moor, 500 

 Scott, Dr Thomas, 373 

 Scottish Dumpie fowl, 102 

 Sculptured stones, 76, 342 

 Sea fisheries, protection of. See Fisheries 



prehistoric inhabitants and, 19 

 Sea-gulls. See Gulls 

 Sea-weed, animals breeding in, 395 

 Seacliff, 87 

 Seal, Common, in Scotland, 19 



destruction for food, 138, 172, 222 



for oil, 171-175, 222 

 flesh as food of early inhabitants, 8 

 in lona, 171, 221 

 Fur, destruction of, 170 

 protection of, 222-223 

 slaughter on Pribilof Islands, no 

 Grey, destruction of, 169, 172, 173, 174, 



223 



early remains of, 19, 173 

 protection of, 223 



Sedge, Sand-, association and rabbits, 499 

 Seeds, transportation of pests in, 454 

 Selborne, 435 

 Selkirk, 430 



Forest, of, 208. See Ettrick Forest 

 Selkirkshire, Deer, Red, prehistoric remains 



in. 333 



royal hunts in, 119, 208, 211 

 Elk, prehistoric remains in, 346, 347 

 forest, destruction in, 313, 314- See 



Ettrick Forest 

 fur produce of, 156 

 Rat, Brown, in, 430 

 Squirrel, Red, in, 292 

 Urus, prehistoric remains in, 51 

 Service, R., 162 

 Settle, 112 

 Seychelles, the, 460 



Shad, in Thames, 384 



introduction to California, 2-^8 

 Shag, 8, 17 

 Shapinsay, 280 

 Sharp, Dr D., 468 

 Shaw, Rev. Lachlan, 352, 356 

 Shaws, Dumfriesshire, animal remains at, 



16, H2, 330, 340 

 Shebley, W. H., 258 

 Sheep in Scotland, 35-48, 68 



Blackfaced, 29, 43, 44, 45, 48 



Cheviot, 29, 43, 44, 45, 48 



Deer, banishment from Lowlands due to 

 sheep flocks, 42, 208, 331, 334, 486 



destruction of forest for pasturage, 322, 

 331, 334, 486, 496 



flocks in Tweeddale, 4 1 , 42 



four-horned, 41, 42 



influence on vegetation, 323, 500 



liver-rot in, 373, 422, 514 



man's influence on characteristics, ^9, 

 42-48 



numbers added to fauna, 486, 493 



parasites introduced with, 422, 423 



Peat or Turbary, 35, 4043 



prehistoric and early remains of, 31, 32, 



33. 34. 40, 73 



quality of rapid fattening, 45 

 Shetland, 35, 40-43, 47 

 Soay, 35, 37-40, 46, 48 

 Ticks of, 423 

 wild ancestors of, 36, 44 

 wool, characteristic, 39, 43, 45-48 



improvement of, 45-48, 490 

 Sheldrake, protection for hawking, 203 

 Shell-fish, in water-systems, 414, 415 

 use as food in times of scarcity, 216 

 Shell-fisheries, depletion for food, 153- 



154 



destruction caused by pollution, 386 

 protection for food, 220 

 Shell-mounds, 9, 19, 30, 31, 32, 33, 56, 57, 



71, 72, 87, 89, 158 

 Shells, Land. See under Snails 

 Shetland Islands, Birds' eggs, collection for 



food in, 148 

 Cattle of, 60 

 Death's Head Hawk Moth caterpillars in, 



409 

 Deer, Red, prehistoric remains in, 16, 



333 



Roe, 16, 331, 332 

 Eagle, White-tailed, in, 130 

 Falcons and Hawks of, 200, 201 

 forest, prehistoric, in, 305, 308 

 Grouse in, 280 

 Pig, primitive, of, 93 

 Ponies of, 73, 76-78 

 Quail in, 368 



Ravens on whale carcases in, 226 

 Rock Dove in, 95, 98 

 Seal, Grey, destruction in, 173 

 Sheep of, 35, 40-43, 47 



