INDEX 
Plants, Moorland, 73 
Poaching, see Game Laws. 
Pochard, 366-367, 416 
,, Baer’s, 370 
,, Red-crested, 364-365, 417 
,, White-eyed, 370, 416 
,, Ferruginous, 368-369 
Poison, Prohibition against laying, 424, 425 
,, Purchase and sale of, 425 
Pole-trap abolition Act, 433 
Ptarmigan, Natural History of, 89-97 
,, Description of plumages, 89-92 
,, Nestling, 90 
,, General Distribution, 91 
,, Allied forms, 91 
,, Distribution in British Isles, 92 
,, Food, 92 
,, Flight, 93 
,, Breeding habits, 93 
,, Nest of, 94 
„ Eggs, 94 
,, Incubation, period of, 94 
,, General habits, 95 
^,, Hybrids, 97 
,, Driving, 96, 99 
,, Shooting, 98-100 
,, Good bags of, 100 
,, Enemies of, 96 
,, Diseases of, 97 
,, Mountains for Ptarmigan, 99 
Quail, 193-202 
,, Plumages of, 193 
,, Allied Species, 200 
,, Australian, 200 
,, Indian and Burmese, 200 
,, Japanese, 195, 200 
,, South African, 195, 200 
,, Colour variations, 196 
,, Distribution, 196 
,, In the British Isles, 197 
,, Close-time for, 197 
,, Destruction of, 198-199 
,, Netting In Egypt, 200 
,, Food of, 200 
,, Flight of, 200 
,, Breeding habits, 200 
,, Nesting, 201 
„ Eggs, 201 
,, General habits, 201 
,, Shooting in the British Islands, 203 
,, ,, Ireland, 205 
,, ,, Algeria and the Sahara, 216 
,, ,, Arabia and Palestine, 218 
,, ,, Austria-Hungary, 211 
,, ,, Azores, 211 
,, ,, Balkan States, 214 
,, ,, Belgium and Holland, 208 
,, ,, Burma, 217 
