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Selborne, village, how circumstanced .i. 3 



the manor of, abounds with game. .i. 21 



parish of, of vast extent, why i. 21 



population of. .i . 23 



rain, quantity of, considerable, why . , i. 22 



, produces near half the birds of Great 



Britain i. 178 



Serpent kind, eat but once a year ,i. 88 



Sexes, of birds and beasts, when they se- 

 parate i. 229 



Sheep, Sussex, horned nnd hornless........!. 278 



observations on ii. 249 



Slugs,* very injurious to wheat just come 

 out of the ground, by eating off the blade ; 

 and by their infinite numbers occasioning 



incredible havock ii. 16. 281 



Snails, remarks on * . . . . ii. 281 



water, vulgar error i. 88 



Snake, stinks se defendendo i. 124 



, . . . 's slough, curious particulars concerning, .ii. 282 



Snipes, their pipTnglfna rnmmring* r . _ , .i. 81 



Snow-fleck, sometimes seen at Selborne i. ]27 



Sociality in the brute creation, instances of. .i. 328. 330 

 Softbilled birds, how many stay the winter. . . .i. 19Qt 

 Sow, prodigious fecundity of one . . . . .ii. 9 



* For the amazing ravages committed on turnips, wheat, 

 clover, field-cabbage seeds, &c. by slugs, and a rational and 

 easy method of destroying them, see a sensible letter by Mr. 

 Henry Vagg y of Chilcompton, in the county of Somerset, lately 

 made public at the request of the gentlemen of that neigh- 

 bourhood. 



