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INDEX. 



rapacity of, when urged by 

 hunger, 348 



Black-cap, an elegant songster, 

 201 



Black-game, seen at Selborne, 28 



Black - thorn, usually blossoms 

 while cold winds blow, 389 



Black spring, 1771> account of 

 the remarkable severity of, 396 



Bohemian chatterer, 47 



Bombylius medius, description of, 

 378 



Boy, an idiot, his strange propen- 

 sity, 227 



Brimstone Lodge, some account 

 of, 33 



Brooks at Selborne, what fishes 

 they produce, 44 



Bug, harvest, some account of, 

 146 



Bullfinch, turns black, 59 



Bunting, a very rare bird at Sel- 

 borne, 51 



Butcher-bird, red-backed, 76 



Buzzards, honey, some account 

 of, 288. 



Cane, a species of weasel, 58 

 Caprimulgus, or fern-owl, some 



new observations about, 82, 154 

 Castration, its strange effects, 237 

 Cats, house, strange that they 



should be so fond of fish, 1 20 

 Chaffinches, vast flocks of hens, 



50 ; hens, more account of, 



138 



Chalk-hills, why peculiarly beau- 

 tiful, 181 

 Charadrius himantopus described, 



283 

 Chestnut timber, very like oak, 



388 



Chif-chaff, or willow-wren, 353 

 Chinese dog and bitch, 309 



Cimex Linearis, account of, 373 

 Clouds, morning, occasion of, 395 

 Cobwebs, shower of, 217 

 Coccus vitis viniferte, strange and 



rare insect in England, 296 

 Cock-chaffers, particulars relative 



to, 370 



Cock-roach, monography of, 371 

 Cornua Ammonis, where found, 



20 



Cold descends, 318 

 Colymbus Glacialis, description 



of, 349 



Cricket, field, a monography of, 

 275 ; hearth, a monography of, 

 278 ; more particulars respect- 

 ing, 372 ; mole, a monography 

 of, 281 



Crista Galli, a fossil shell, 19 

 Crocus, the spring and saffron, 

 their different seasons of blos- 

 soming wonderful, why, 261 

 Cuckoo, particulars about, 110, 

 117 ; sing in different keys, 

 150; a young one in the nest 

 of a titlark, 129 ; several skim- 

 ming over a pond, why, ib. 

 Cucumbers set by bees, 391 

 Cumberland, William, Duke of, 

 takes away the red-deer from 

 Wolmer Forest, 29. 



Daws breed in unlikely places, 

 80 ; reason of their doing so, 81 

 Deer, red, in Wolmer Forest, 

 some account of, 28 : fallow, 

 in Holt Forest, 37 ; their spi- 

 racula, or breathing places, 56 

 Derham, Mr., mistaken, 148 

 Dew, honey, remarks on, 394 

 Dispersion of birds, pretty equal, 



why, 255 



Diving birds, how their feet and 

 wings placed, 349 



