INDEX. 



4.15 



Oestrus curvicauda, 1 40, 342. 

 Osprey, Ib'O. 



Otter killed at Selburne, 117. 

 Ousels, 48, 77, 78, 81, 88, 96, 102, 



120, 124, 125, 138, 152, 161, 173. 

 Owls, 42, 114, 115, 142, 145, 157, 



219, 330. 



Pairing of birds, 115, 118. 

 Pai'asite hatching of eggs, 107, 114, 



404. 

 Parental affection of birds, 19, 154, 



312. 

 Partridges, 310, 311. 

 Peacocks, 141. 

 Pea-hens, 313. 

 Peregrine falcon, 281. 

 Pettichaps, 280. 

 Phalcena Quercvs, 339. 

 Pheasant, 312. 

 Pigeons, 138, 161,265. 

 Pine-tree {taxodium distichon), 17. 

 Plestor, its history, 17, 214. 

 Plover, the stilt, a curious bird, 260. 

 Poems, 1 — 9. 

 Ponds on hills, 216. 

 Poplar- tree, 351. 

 Portugal laurel, 296, 407. 

 Poultry, 309. 

 Ptinvs Pectinicoimis, 336 



Q. 



Quadrupeds, observations on, 331 — 



334. 

 Quails, 52, 306. 

 Queen's bank, why so called, 28. 



R. 



Rabbits, 321. 



Rain, mean quantity of, 24, 85, 286. 



Rat, water, 104. 



Ravens, 19. 



Red-breasts, 108, 188. 



Red deer, 28. 



Redstart, 63, 187, 189. 



Red-wings, 143. 



Reed-sparrow, 103, 106, 113, 118. 



Reed- warbler, 89. 



Reptiles, 97. 

 Respiratory organs, 402. 

 Ring-doves, 267, 315. 

 Ring-ousel, 48, 77, 78, 81, 88, 96, 



102, 120, 125, 138, 152, 161, 173. 

 Robin, 1 87. 

 Rooks, 307. 



— milk-white, 60, 403. 

 Rush-candles, 208. 



Salecaria, 89, 97. 



Sand-martin, 1 82, 324. 



Sand-piper, 77,404. 



ScarabcBus, or meloloniha fullo, 88. 



Scallops, or pectines, found in quar- 

 ries, 21. 



Scopoli's AnnusPrimus, 1 1 8, 1 22, 1 27. 



Scott (Sir Walter), his oak snuff- 

 box, 26. 



Sedge- warbler, 89, 90, 106, lo8. 



Seed lying dormant, 353. 



Selborne, and its environs, 1, 13 

 its streams, 15: geology, 16,396 

 parish, 24, 190 ; zoology, 42 

 botany, 238 ; ornithology, 259 

 superstition of, 212. 



Selborne-hanger, i 3. 



Sex of birds, 118. 



Sheep, 331 ; of Sussex downs, 172. 



Shrew-ash, 214. 



Singing-birds, 98, 106, 112, il4, 131 



Slugs, 34-7. 



Snails, 347. 



Snake under water, 73, 410. 



Snakes. 72, 73, 97. 



Snakes' slough, 347. 



Snipes, 39, 66, 162,201. 



Snowflecks. 103. 



Soft-billed birds, 120, 405. 



Sparrow-hawks, 187, 265. 



Sparrow.s, 1 13, 118, 123, 187 



Sphynx Ocellata, 340. 



Spiders, 203. 



Spiracula of animals, 55. 



Squirrels, 333. 



Squnck, or stonck, 97. 



Sticklebacks, 73. 



Stilt-plovers, 2bu. 



