INDEX. 



439 



Swallow, the house, or chimney, 

 a monography of, 185, 301 ; 

 congregating and disappear- 

 ance of, 359 



Sweden produces two hundred 

 and twenty-one birds, 201 



Swift, or black-martin, a mono- 

 graphy of, 202 ; the same 

 number usually seems to re- 

 turn to the same place, 255 ; 

 more circumstances about, 294; 

 swift and large bat feed in the 

 same high region of air, 107 



Sycamore tree, forms a beautiful 

 appearance in May, 387. 



Teals, where bred, 167 



Tender plants, in what aspect to 

 be placed, 316 



Thaws, why sometimes sur- 

 prisingly quick, 393 



Thrush, missel, very fierce and 

 pugnacious, 211 ; thrushes are 

 very serviceable in gardens, 

 339; reason of their building 

 near houses, ib. 



Timber, a large fall of, in the 

 Holt Forest, 38 



Titmice, their mode of life and 

 support, 214 



Tortoise, a family one, 134, 158, 

 285, 287 



Trees, subterraneous, how disco- 

 vered, 26 ; why perfect alem- 

 bics, how, 230 ; order of 

 >?ing their leaves, 385; size 

 and growth of, ib. ; flowing of 

 sap from, 387 '> renovation of 

 'ves of, ib. 



TremeHa nustoc, remark concern- 

 ing, 392 



Truffles, observations on, 391. 



Vine, disease of, 295 



Viper, blind-worm, and snake, 

 some account of, 70 ; pregnant 

 one, some circumstances about, 

 236. 



Wagtails run round the cows 

 when feeding in moist pas- 

 tures, and why, 362 ; smallest 

 birds that walk, 95 



Waldon- lodge, what, and by 

 whom kept up, 33 



Waltham blacks, much infested 

 Wolmer Forest, and, by their 

 enormities, occasioned the black 

 act, 30 



Wasps, observations on, 375 



Weather, dripping after drought, 

 influence of, 395 ; summary of, 

 from 1768 to 1792, 399 



Well - head, a' fine perennial 

 spring, 13 



Wells, their usual depth in Sel- 

 borne village, 14 



Wheat, mistaken notion concern- 

 ing, 391 



Wheatear, the bird so called, 

 some account of, 51 ; Sussex 

 bird, so called, more particu- 

 lars of, 183 



White-throat, some particulars 

 about, 200 



Winchester, Hoadly, Bishop of, 

 his humane objection to re- 

 stocking Waltham Chase with 

 deer, 30 



Wolmer, Forest of, some account 

 of, 25, 36; how abutted 

 upon, 25 ; has abounded with 

 fossil trees, 26; haunted by 

 many sorts of wild-fowl, ib. ; 

 once abounded with heath- 

 cocks, or black-game, ibid. ; 

 with red deer, 28; Wolmer 

 Pond, its measurement, fowls, 

 &c., 35 



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