438 



INDEX. 



Red-wings, the first birds that 



suffer by frost, 151 

 Ring-dove, food of the, 346 

 Ringousel, where found, 48 ; more 



particulars of, 76, 89, 97, 163 ; 



breed in Dartmoor and the Peak 



of Derby, 126 

 Rooks, perfectly white, 58; an 



amusing anecdote about, 312; 



are continually fighting, 338 ; 



have their wings frozen by the 



sleet, 394 

 Ruperta, whose daughter and 



wife, 36 

 Rupert, Prince, a great mechanic, 



37 



Rushes, instead of candles, mat- 

 ter of much utility in humble 



life, 223 

 Rutland, county of, what rain 



fell there, 141 



Sand-martin, seen before any of 

 its congeners, 357 



Scallops, or pectines, where found, 

 20 



Scopoli, account of his works, 

 127 



Scotland, in what its maps are 

 defective, 216 



Sedge - bird, some particulars 

 about, 98, 174 ; a delicate po- 

 lyglot, 109 



Seed lying dormant, 390 



Selborne parish, its situation and 

 abuttals, 11 ; village, how cir- 

 cumstanced, 12 ; the manor of, 

 abounds with game, 23 ; pa- 

 rish of, of vast extent, why, 

 ib. ; population of, 24 ; rain, 

 quantity of, considerable, why, 

 ib. ; produces near half the 

 birds of Great Britain, 201 



Serpent kind, eat but once a year, 

 70 



Sexes, of birds and beasts, when 

 they separate, 138 



Sheep, Sussex, horned and horn- 

 less, 182 ; observations on, 365 



Slugs, very injurious to wheat 

 just come out of the ground, 

 by eating oft* the blade, and, 

 by their infinite numbers, oc- 

 casioning incredible havock, 

 242, 382 



Snails, remarks on, 382 ; water, 

 vulgar error, 69 



Snake, stinks se defendendo, 99 ; 

 slough of, curious particulars 

 concerning, 383 



Snipes, their piping and hum- 

 ming, 65 



Snow-fleck, sometimes seen at 

 Selborne, 105 



Sociality in the brute creation, 

 instances of, 219 



Soft-billed birds, how many stay 

 the winter, 95 



Sow, prodigious fecundity of one, 

 239 



Sphynx Ocellata, account of, 374 



Squirrels, three young ones suck- 

 led by a cat, 366 



Stock-dove, bird of passage, 171 ; 

 often confounded with the ring- 

 dove, 290 



Stone, free, its uses and advan- 

 tages, 20 ; rag, its qualities 

 and uses, 21 ; sand, or forest, 

 22 ; yellow, or rust colour, ib. 



Stone-curlew, some account of, 



59 ; farther account of, 60, 

 136 ; additional particulars 

 concerning, 352 



Srojoy/} of animals, several in- 

 stances, 163 



Summer birds of passage, list of, 

 62,93 



Summers, 1781 and 1783 un- 

 usually sultry, 327 



