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INDEX. 



Barrington, Hon. Dairies, letters from 

 Gilbert White to, i. 113-274. 



, controversy with Dr. Ducarel, 



ii. 269. 



Bat, great, if really a distinct species, 

 i. 92. 



, , description of, i. 93. 



, , method of feeding, i. 77. 



Batrachia at Selborne, i. 50. 



, breeding of, i. 50, 53, 55, 58. 

 Bats, habits of, 34 and note. 



species of, at Selborne, i. 33 and 



note. 



, tame, 34. 



Battle of Woolmer forest, ii. 390. 

 Beachy Head, Cornish choughs found 



at, i. 96. 



Beans sown by birds, i. 473. 

 Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, i. 



334. 

 Beeches, remarks on, i. 470, ii. 247, 



249, 252, 258, 265, 268, 271, 281. 

 Bees, cucumbers set by, i. 474. 

 , fondness of an idiot boy for, i. 



189. 



Benefactors to Selborne priory, mass 

 ordered to be celebrated for, i. 

 361. 



Bernes, Peter, appointed prior, i. 341, 

 348. 



, indenture of certain things put 



into the custody of, i. 340, 399. 



, reduced to poverty, i. 351. 



, resignation of, i. 343, 349. 



Binn's or Bean's pond, i. 22, ii. 375. 

 Birds, albinism in, i. 45. 



, beans sown by, i. 473. 



, change of colour in, cause of, i. 



, choosing fresh mate after losing 



the first, i. 82. 



, different voices of, i. 222. 



dusting themselves, i. 130. 



found at Selborne, ii. 363. 



, hard-billed, more easily im- 

 ported than soft-billed, i. 84. 



, migration of, i. 87. 



, non-migrating, food of, i. 104, 



106. 



, numerous species at Selborne, 



i. 103. 



, observations on, i. 423. 



of passage, list of, i. 48. 



of prey, boldness and rapacity 



of, i. 434. 



, soft^billed, which remain, i. 



, 114. 



, summer, i. 113. 



Birds that sing as they fly, i. 118. 

 , their various kinds of flight, i. 



220. 

 which are silent at midsummer, 



i. 117. 



which sing in the night, i. 116. 



which sing till past midsummer, 



i. 117. 

 which sing only in early spring, 



i. 117; 



, winter, i. 115. 



with some note but no true song, 



i. 118. 



Black game, i. 18. 

 spring, severe season known by 



the name of, i. 479. 

 Blackcap, i. 29. 



, bird of passage, i. 29, 480. 



, its song, i. 102, 120. 



Blackmoor, i. 22. 



, Eoman remains found at, ii. 



379. 



Blackthorn, i. 472. 

 Bog-moss used for brooms, i. 188. 

 Bog-oak at Wolmer, i. 17, note, 256. 

 Bohemian chatterer, i. 37. 

 Bombylius medius, i. 460. 

 Botanizing excursion through Wales, 



ii. 234. 



Botany, on the study of, i. 215. 

 Botetourt, Lord, on civility, ii. 210. 

 Bourn well head, ii, 207. 

 Brambling, migration of, i. 75. 

 Bridge over the rivulet at Oakhanger, 



i. 364. 



Brimstone Lodge, Wolmer, i. 21. 

 Brydone, P., ii. 276. 

 Bull issued by Pope Innocent VIII., 



i. 359. 



issued by Pope Martin, i. 337. 

 Bullfinch, change of colour in a, i. 



45, 98, ii. 101. 

 Bunting, cirl, i. 40, note. 



, common, rare at Selborne, i. 40. 



Bustard, habits of the, i. 89, 482. 

 Butcher-bird, i. 96. 

 , red-backed, i. 60. 



Butt-wood close, i. 363. 



Butterflies found at Selborne, ii. 368. 



Calendar, Gilbert White's garden, ii. 

 347. 



, naturalist's, comparative view 



of the, kept at Selborne and Cats- 

 field, i. 405. 



Cancers, toads used for curing, i. 57- 



Cane or Kine, a small variety of 

 weasel, i. 44. 



