472 INDEX. 
Kuckalm the ornithologist, 134 
L 
LAND-RAIL, habits of the, 386 
Landsprings of Sussex, &c., 170 
Land-tortoise at Ringmer, 136, 148, 
164 
Language of birds, the, 231 
Leprosy, causes of the disappearance 
of, 215 
singular case of, 214 
Linnzeus on the rock-swallow, 89 
Loach, description of the, 55 
Long-legged plover, singular con- 
struction of the, 247 
Loon, or great speckled diver, de- 
scription of the, 390 
Lucretius on echoes, 220 
M 
Macpies, thrushes frequently at- 
tacked by, 382 
Manor-house of Selborne, 372 
Markwick’s comments upon Gilbert 
White’s observations, 379—429 
Mayflies, remarks on, 409 
Meteorological observations, 426 
Migration of birds, remarks upon 
the, 137—142 
Migratory habits of frogs, 51 
habits of the swallow, 67 
Mill of Selborne Priory, 366 
Missel-thrush, pugnacious habits of 
the, 183 
Mole-cricket, domestic habits of the, 
245 
st ergy in Selborne church, 295, 
29 
Moose-deer, description of a, 81 
Morton, John, election to Selborne 
Priory, 344 
N 
NATURAL affections of the feathered 
tribes, 150, 152, 180 
Naturalist’s calendar, preface to the, 
441 et seq. 
Naturalist’s summer evening walk, 
the, 71 
Nest of the harvest-mouse, 35 
chosen by the cuckoo, 126 
the house-martin’s mode of 
building its, 157 
Nidification of woodcocks and field- 
fares, 138 
Nightingale and cuckoo, musical 
tones of the, 143 
Nose-flies troublesome to horses, 
412 
Nuthatch or jar-bird, the, 49 
O 
OAKS, singular group of, 6, 7 
Observations from Mr. Gilbert 
White’s MSS., 379 ef seg. 
on insects and vermes, 404 e 
Seq. 
on quadrupeds, 401 ef seg. 
on vegetables, 419 e seg. 
Old coins found near Selborne, 342 
Otter found at Selborne, 85 
Ousels, doubts regarding the habits 
of, 59, 60, 62, 64, 99, 00 
Owls, musical pitch of, 143 
P 
PARTRIDGES, hen, extraordinary in- 
stinct of, 384 
Peacocks, difference between the 
train and tail of, 96 
Pennant, White’s first letters ad- 
dressed to, I 
Peregrine falcon, account of the, 32, 
263 
Peter Berne elected Prior of Sel- 
borne, 343; resigns his office, 344 ; 
re-elected, 349; his second re- 
signation, 351; his poverty, 352 
Peter de la Roche, account of, 305 
Pheasant, description of a hybrid, 
384 
Piers Plowman, prophecy of, 339 
Plants, flowering propensities of, 
227 
Poems by Gilbert White, 463 ef seg. 
