546 



INDEX 



Squirrel, Common Red, in Scotland, 290- 



297. 351-354 

 as swimmer, 295 

 bridges as means of dispersal, 295, 



398 



change of food habits in, 411 

 decline of, 351-354, 359 

 destruction as pest, 181, 244, 297 

 dispersal of, 398 

 effect of destruction of forest upon, 



29. 351-354 

 introduction and spread of, 290-297, 



361,496 

 Grey, introduction and spread of, 288- 



290 



Stanley, 287 



Stannergate, shell-mound at, 31 

 Stalling, as pest, 228, 231 



change ol food habit in, 409, 410, 411 

 increase due to cultivation, 393, 394, 396 

 influence ol towns upon, 406, 407 

 introduction into colonies, 256, 498 

 introduction to Australia of Fowl-mite 



with, 420 



Red-winged, introduction of, 283 

 slaughter for food, 139 

 Woodpecker, Great Spotted, relations to, 



. 359 



Stejneger, L. , 80 



Stellers Sea Cow, destruction of, 138 

 Stennis, Loch, 56, 71, 87 

 Sticklebacks in waterworks, 414 

 Stirling, Carse of, 10, 20, 31 



Deer, Fallow, in park of, 285 



fox-hunter at, 121 



Peregrine falcons near, 200 



Whales, remains of, near, 9, 20, 70 



Wolf-hunting near, 117, 120 

 Stirlingshire, Deer, Fallow, in, 285 

 Roe, in 332 



Falcon in, 199, 200 



forest, destruction for iron-smelting in- 

 dustry, 322 



Hawks in, 200 



Kite in, 133 



Marten in, i6r 



Polecat in, 164 



Rabbit in, 252 



Squirrel, Red, in, 292, 298 



Wild Ca- in, 12 s ' 



Wolf in, 117, 120 

 Stoat in Scotland, 17, 329 



decrease in numbers, 488 



destruction as pest, 127, 181 

 for skin, 155, 221, 488 



in Shetland, 299 



increase in numbers, 485, 488 



introduction to New Zealand, 245, 255 

 Stocket, forest of, 116, 311 

 Stoddart, Thos. T., 150, 277 

 Stonechat, in vineyards of France, 394 



protection by superstition, 238 

 Storer, Rev. John, 65 



Stork, in Edinburgh, 377 



protection by popular favour, 239, 401 



rarity in Scotland, 266 

 Stornovvay, 280 

 Straits Settlements, 463 

 Stratford-on-Avon, 402 

 Strathardle, 272 

 Strath beg Loch, 279 

 Strathblane, 125 

 Strathdee, 161 



Strathdon, r6i. See also Don, area of 

 Strathglaish, 211 

 Strathglass, 269, 356 

 Strath- Halladale, 16, 347 

 Strathmore, 90, 273, 293 

 Strathnairn, 273 

 Strath Oykell, 296 

 Strathspey, bee Speyside 

 Stromness, 252, 442 

 Structures of animals, modification of, 489. 



Also Domestication 

 Stuart, John Sobieski and Charles F.dward, 



323. 325. 334. 348, 35* 

 Suffolk, 298 



Sugar, introduction of mites with, 445 

 Stila bassana. See Gannet 

 Suleskerry, 173 

 Sumburgh, 76 

 Sunart, 164 

 Surrey, 288, 323, 446 

 Sussex, 275, 320 

 Sutherland, Bear, prehistoric remains in, 



17^ ii* 



Bittern in, 375 

 "Bog butter" in, 58 

 Capercaillie in, 356 

 Chough in, i 78 

 Crows, Rooks, Magpies and Jackdaws 



in, 177 

 Deer, Fallow, in, 287 



Red, in, 187, 334 



prehistoric remains in, 31, 333 



Roe, early remains in, 331 

 destruction of vermin and pests in, 124, 



126, 128, 136, 137, 170, 177, 182 

 Dog, early remains in, 87 

 Eagle, Golden, in, 128 

 Elk, prehistoric remains in, 16, 347 

 forest, destruction by burning in, 325 



prehistoric, 308 

 Fox in, 122, 124 

 Frogs and Toads, prehistoric remains in, 



373 



Goose, Grey Lag in, 104 

 Hawks in, 136 

 Horses, Wild, in, 80, 81 

 Kifes in, 136 

 Lemming, Arctic, prehistoric remains in, 



'4 



Lynx, prehistoric remains in, 17, in 

 Marten in, 161, 176 

 Mosquito in, 5 1 2 

 Osprey in, 134 



