INDEX 



545 



Shetland Islands Cont. 



Skua, protection in, as enemy of Sea- 

 Eagle, 228 

 Weasel (Stoat), introduction by Falconer 



to, 299 



Whaling industry in, 175, 226 

 Shin, Loch, 165 

 Ship-worm, 432 



Shipbuilding industry in Scotland, 319 

 Shipping as means of transport and dispersal 



of animals, 397, 425 et seq. 

 Ships, stowaways on, 425-433 

 Shore-flea, 395 

 Shrimp, freshwater, 383 



in water-pipes, 414, 415 

 Sibbald, Sir Robert, 142, 144, 351, 435 

 Siegfried, 52, 349 

 Silchester, Roman settlement at, 22*, 



265 



Silesia, Elk in, 349 

 "Silver-fish" insect, 404 

 Sirex gigas, 467-469 



noctilto, 467 

 Siskin, 193, 329 



Sitodrepa (Anobit4i) panicea, 410, 444 

 Sitotroga cerealella, 442 

 Skara, Orkney, 52, 57 

 Skaw lighthouse, 378 

 Skeen, Loch, 134 

 Skink, Blue-tailed, 469 

 Skins. See Fur-bearing animals 

 Skua, Great, protection in Shetland, 228 

 Skye, " Bog butter" in, 58 

 Chough in, 178 

 Eagle, Golden, in, 128 



White-tailed, or Sea, in, 132 

 Hare, Alpine, in, 282 



Common Brown, in, 280 

 Hebridean ponies of, 75 

 Slag-furnaces, 320 

 Slateford, 435 



Slater, Freshwater, in waterworks, 414 

 Slugs, in coal-pits, 416 

 Smeaton-Hepburn, 337 

 Sminthurus igniceps, 463 

 Smith, Dr John Alexander, 58, 347, 490 

 Major Hamilton, 53 

 Rev. Samuel, 510 

 Smoo Cave, 278 



"Snail-slug," transportation of, 465 

 Snails, Banded Garden, 154 

 I^and, destruction for food, 154 

 effect of destruction of forest upon, 329 

 introduced in cabbages to Ceylon, 459 

 transportation of, 464, 465 

 Mediterranean species, transportation of, 



46? 

 Pond, disappearance due to reclamation 



of swamps, 373 

 in waterworks, 414. 415 

 naturalization of, 466 

 relation to liver-rot, 514 

 transportation of, 298 



Snails - Cont. 



Roman, destruction for food, is 4 

 White-keeled, 465 

 Snake, Smooth or Kinged, as ''escape," 



299 



Snipe, as food, 266 

 formerly shot on site of London, 371 

 price of, 140, 266, 367 

 protection for sport, 205 

 Soay, Gannets on, 146 



Sheep. See tinder Sheep 

 Solenopsis molesta, 440 

 Solitaire, extermiuation of, 498 

 Solutre, 109, 138 



Sol way Firth, punt-gunning on, 188 

 district of, ague in, 513 



Deer, Red, prehistoric remains in, 



334 



Grebe, Great Crested, in, 230 

 Hare, Alpine, in, 282 

 Rat, arrival in, 429 

 Spain, 366, 400, 401 

 Sparrow, House, destruction as pest, 179, 



389 



habit of selecting a domicile, 403 

 increase of, 389, 496, 497 

 influence of towns upon, 405, 407 

 introduced into the colonies, 255, 498 

 local migrations for food, 4 1 2 

 railways as means of dispersal of, 399 

 White-throated, 299 

 Sparrow Clubs, 179, 389 

 Sparrow-hawk, increase during War, 136 



protection for sport, 200, 202 

 Spey, River, Char in, 153 

 Minnow in, 279 

 pollution affecting fish of, 384 

 Water Ouzel, destruction on, 182 

 Speyside, Beetles, Longicorn, in 471 

 Capercaillie in, 356 

 forests, destruction in, 314, 321 

 iron furnaces in, 321, 354 

 Squirrel in, 296, 297, 354 

 Woodpecker, Great Spotted in, 358, 



360 



Spharidium, increase of, 396 

 Sphteriuin latttstre, 298 

 Spiders, Bird-eating, 447 

 Cave, in coal-pits, 416 

 exotic, in greenhouses, 404, 463 

 protection through superstition, 239 

 selection of houses as domicile, 404 

 Sponges, freshwater, in waterworks, 414, 



415 



Spjngilla lacustrif, 414, 415 



Sport, destruction of animals for, 184- 



188 



introduction of animals for, 264-282 

 protection of animals for, 197, 199-215 

 transportation of animals for, 278-282 



Spring-tails, in coal-pits, 416 



introduction into greenhouses, 463 



Spynie, Loch, 279, 371, 372 



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