INDEX. 



415 



Oestrus curvicauda, 140, 342. 

 Osprey, 160. 



Otter killed at Selborne, 117. 

 Ousels, 48, 77, 78, 81, 88, 96, 102, 



120, 124, 125, 138, 152, 161, 173. 

 Owls, 42, 114, 115, 142, 145, 157, 



219, 330. 



P. 



PAIRING of birds, 115, 118. 

 Parasite hatching of eggs, 107, 114, 



404. 

 Parental affection of birds, 19, 154, 



312. 



Partridges, 310, 311. 

 Peacocks, 141. 

 Pea-hens, 313. 

 Peregrine falcon, 281. 

 Pettichaps, 280. 

 Phalcena Quercus, 339. 

 Pheasant, 312. 

 Pigeons, 138, 161,265. 

 Pine-tree (taxodium distichori), 17. 

 Plestor, its history, 17, 214. 

 Plover, the stilt, a curious bird, 260. 

 Poems, 19. 

 Ponds on hills, 216. 

 Poplar-tree, 351. 

 Portugal laurel, 296, 407. 

 Poultry, 309. 

 Ptinus Pectinicomis, 336. 



Q. 



QUADRUPEDS, observations on, 331 



334. 



Quails, 52, 306. 

 Queen's bank, why so called, 28. 



R. 



RABBITS, 321. 



Rain, mean quantity of, 24, 85, 286. 



Rat, water, 104. 



Ravens, 19. 



Red-breasts, 106, 188. 



Red deer, 28. 



Redstart, 6 3, 187, 189. 



Red-wings, 143. 



Reed-sparrow, 103, 106, 113, 118. 



Reed- warbler, 89. 



Reptiles, 97. 

 Respiratory organs, 402. 

 Ring-doves, 267, 315. 

 Ring-ousel, 48, 77, 78, 81, 88, 96, 



102, 120, 125, 138, 152, 161, 173. 

 Robin, 1 87. 

 Rooks, 307. 



milk-white, 60, 40$. 

 Rush-candles, 208. 



S. 



SALECARIA, 89, 97. 



Sand-martin, 182, 324. 



Sand-piper, 77, 404. 



Scarabceus, or melolonthafullo, 88. 



Scallops, or pectines, found in quar- 

 ries, 21. 



Scopoli'sAnnusPrimus,I18,122,127. 



Scott (Sir Walter), his oak snuff- 

 box, 26. 



Sedge-warbler, 89, 90, 106, 163. 



Seed lying dormant, 353. 



Selborne, and its environs, 1, 13; 

 its streams, 15; geology, 16,396; 

 parish, 24, 190 ; zoology, 42 ; 

 botany, 238 ; ornithology, 259 ; 

 superstition of, 212. 



Selborne-hanger, 13. 



Sex of birds, 118. 



Sheep, 331 ; of Sussex downs, 172. 



Shrew-ash, 214. 



Singing-birds, 98, 106, 112, 114, 131. 



Slugs, 347. 



Snails, 347. 



Snake under water, 73, 410. 



Snakes, 72, 73, 97. 



Snakes' slough, 347. 



Snipes, 39, 66, 162,201. 



Snowflecks, 103. 



Soft-billed birds, 120, 405. 



Sparrow-hawks, 187, 265. 



Sparrows, 113, 118, 123, 187. 



Sphynx Ocellata, 340. 



Spiders, 203. 



Spiracula of animals, 55. 



Squirrels, 333. 



Squnck, or stonck, 97. 



Sticklebacks, 73. 



Stilt-plovers, 260. 



