436 



INDEX. 



Hellebores, order of blowing, 



259 

 Herissant, Monsieur, mistaken in 



his reason why cuckoos do not 



use incubation, 235 

 Hirundines, British, when they 



arrived in three very distant 



counties, 210 

 Hogs, would live, if suffered, to a 



considerable age, 238 

 Hoopoes, seen at Selborne, 42 

 Hops, observations on, 389 ; soil 



suited to, 14 

 Hounds, the royal, do not draw 



the coverts with address, and 



why, 366 

 Howe, General, turns out wild 



boars in Holt Forest, 38 

 Horns, room containing many, at 



Lord Pembroke's, 125 

 Hornets' nests, how made, 376 

 Horse and hen, curious instance 



of affection between, 220 

 Humming in the air, 369 

 Huxham, Dr., his account of rain 



at Plymouth, 313. 



Insects in general, observations 



on, 368 

 Instinct, sometimes varies and 



conforms to circumstances, 304 

 Ireland, why worthy the attention 



of a naturalist, 215 

 Ivy-berries do not seem to freeze, 



389. 



Jar-bird, what 63 



Lanes, hollow, rocky, their pecu- 

 liarities, 23 



Land-rail, an insectivorous bird, 

 346; generally deemed birds 



of passage, but appear to be ill 

 qualified for migration, 346 

 Larks, white, probably snow- 

 flakes, 58 ; grasshopper, some 

 curious circumstances about, 61 

 Leper, a miserable one in this 



village, 245 



Leprosy, why probably less com- 

 mon than of old, 246 

 Leveret, suckled by a cat, 240 

 Lime blossoms, infusion of, a re- 

 medy for coughs, 388 

 Linnets, congregate and chirp, 51 

 Loaches from Ambresbury, 72 

 Loon, or diver described, 349 

 Losel's Wood, its taper oaks, 18 ; 

 its raven-tree, ib. 



Malm, what sort of soil, 13 



March, the month of, two won- 

 derful hot days in March, 1777; 

 the effects of that heat, 243 



Mare, singular incident relating 

 to an old hunting one, 366 



Martin, house, seen very late 79 ; 

 house, a monography of, 175; 

 sand, or bank, a monography 

 of, 193 ; house, builds her nest 

 only in the morning, 176 ; 

 house, farther circumstances 

 about, 293, 301, 357 



Mice, small red, nondescript, 46, 

 53 



Migration, actual, somewhat like 

 it, 86 ; at Gibraltar, ocular de- 

 monstration of, 142 



Missel-bird, the largest singing 

 bird, 101 ; pugnacious, 211 



Mist, called London smoke,usually 

 followed by dry weather, 394 



Moose-deer, a female, some ac- 

 count of, 113; a male, where 

 killed, 124 



Museum, countryman's, where, 

 42 





