INDEX. 



409 



Tempest near London, ii. 102. 

 Tenure of the Selborne estates, i. 372. 

 Test of condensation, ii. llf>. 

 Tiles, ecclesiastical, found in Selborne 



church, ii. 398. 

 Timber, large fall of, in the Holt, i. 



20. 



, value of, in Wolmer forest, ii. 



279. 

 Titmouse, habits of different species, 



i. 105, IOC). 



, notes of different species, i. 101. 

 Thaws, observations on, i. 476. 

 Thrushes, habits of, i. 426. 

 Thunderstorm, account of, i. 272. 

 Toad, a tame one, i. 52. 



, poisonous exudation from skin, 



i. 51, note. 



Toads used for curing cancers, i. 57. 

 Torpidity of swallows, i. 204, 443. 

 Tortoise (Timothy), i. 131, ii. 182. 



( ) become Gilbert White's 



property, i. 239. 



( ), its habits, i. 143, 144, 



484. 



- ( ), letter from, to Miss H. 



Mulso, ii. 183. 

 -, more particulars respecting the 



old family, i. 373. 

 at Ringmer, i. 159. 



Tortoises, various forms of sternum in, 

 i. 241, note. 



Tortworth, magnificent Spanish chest- 

 nut at, ii. 253. 



Townsend, Joseph, ii. 269. 



Townson, Dr., it. 209, 224. 



Trees act as "alembics," i. 192. 

 , on the size and growth of, i. 

 467, ii. 247, 249, 252, 257, 258, 264, 

 268, 270, 273, 275, 277, 278, 281, 

 288. 



, order of losing their leaves, i. 



467. 



Tremella nostoc, i. 475. 



Truffles, i. 474. 



Tumuli at Selborne, ii. 384. 



Turkey, fertility of a, ii. 288, 290. 



Turtle-dove at Selborne, i. 97, note. 



Tylehouse grove, i. 363. 



Ulnius montana, i. 5, note. 

 Upper Greensand of Selborne, fossils 

 found in the, ii. 377. 



Value of the manors and lands per- 

 taining to Selborne priory, i. 401. 



Vase discovered in the priory ruins, i. 

 370. 



VOL. II. 



Vases, earthenware, found at Selborne, 



ii. 381. 

 Vegetable food, value and increase of, 



i.207. 



Vegetables, observations on, i. 467. 

 Vegetation, influence of south-west 



exposure on, ii. 120, 122. 

 Vermes and insects, observations on, 



i. 451. 



Versification, the art of, ii. 106, 111. 

 Vespasian, station of, at Woolmer 



pond, ii. 38G, 394. 

 Vicars, list of, i. 294. 

 Viper, early instinct of self-defence, i. 



197. 

 Vipers swallowing their young, i. 54 



and note. 

 Virgil's allusion to the swallow, i. 165, 



166. 

 Visitation held at Selborne priory by 



Wykeham, i. 326, 381. 

 Voices of birds, i. 222. 



Wager, Admiral Sir C., ii. 245. 

 Wagtail, food of the, i. 446. 



, yellow, i. 98, note. 



, young cuckoo fed by a, ii. 248. 



Walden lodge, i. 21. 



Wales, a visit to, ii. 233, 234. 



Wallcreeper, remarks on the, ii. 289, 



293, 294, 296. 

 Walpole, George, ii. 245. 

 Warm weather in early spring, its 



effects, i. 203. 

 Wasps, damage done by, i. 270. 



, nidification of, i. 458. 

 Water-rat, i. 30 and note. 



, its stores, i. 76. 

 Water-shrew, i. 76, note. 

 Water-snails, buoyancy of, ii. 125. 

 Wayneflete, bishop of Winchester, i. 



, death of, i. 360. 



, intercedes for Peter Berne, i. 

 851. 



Weapons, fragments of, found at Hog- 

 moor, ii. 386. 



Weather, full account of, i. 260, 487. 



Well-head, i. 3. 



Wells, average depth of, at Selborne, 

 ii. 375. 



Whaddon chapel, i, 364. 



Whales in the Mediterranean, ii. 58. 



Wheat, effect of heat on, i. 474. 



Wheatear, i.41, 153. 



1 , localities where taken, i. 159, 



484, ii. 10. 



Whinchat, winter food of, i. 10(1 

 2 E 



