INDEX 



Affection of birds for young, 7, 124, 



Ants, 363. 



Aphides, 213, 316. 



Ash, 368. See also Pollard-ash and 



Shrew-ash. 

 Auk, 83. 

 Aurora borealis, 374. 



Barn-owl. See Owl. 



Barometer, 372. 



Bat, habit of feeding, 29, 65, 178 ; size, 



79- 



Bean, sown by birds, 371. 



Bean's pond, 20. 



Beaufort, Bishop, 290. 



Bees, deafness of, 182 ; humming of, 

 355 ; wild, 359; set cucumbers, 371. 



Birds, celibacy of, 70 ; migration of, 

 115, 136, 331 ; congregation of, 121 ; 

 flight of, 191 ; note of, 193 ; nests 

 of, 217 ; food of, 331 ; of passage, 

 smaller, 41 ; summer, 95 ; winter, 

 97 ; singing , night, 98 ; summer, 

 loo ; spring, 100 ; early breeding , 

 102 ; soft-billed , 33, 36, 72, 88 ; 

 non-migratory , 97; long-billed 

 , 107 ; night-flying -, 223. See 

 also under names of species. 



Black cap, migration of, 26 ; song of, 

 87. 



Black spring, 374. 



Blackthorn, 370. 



Blowfly. See Fly. 



Bombylius medius, 362. 



Brimstone lodge, 19. 



Bulfinch, 38, 83. 



Bunting, 35. 

 Bustard, 102. 



Butcher bird, food of, 50 ; variety of, 

 82. 



Canons of Selborne priory, 283, 285. 



Carp, 86. 



Cat, 352. 



Chaffers, 355. 



Chaffinches, 34, 113. 



Chapel field, 267. 



Chestnut timber, 369. 



Chinese dog, 221. 



Church, of Selborne, 245, 250 ; yard, 



251. 



Cimex linearis, 357. 

 Clouds, morning, 374. 

 Cobweb, 155. 

 Coccus vitis viniferae, 211. 

 Cockroach, 356. 

 Cock's comb, 8. 

 Coins, 241. 

 Coot, 192. 



Cornua ammonis, 8. 

 Crane, flight of, 192 ; note of, 193. 

 Cricket, field , 200 ; house , 203, 



356 ; mole , 204. 

 Crossbill, 28. 

 Crow, in pairs, 82 ; note of, 193 ; flight 



of, 191 ; gray , see Royston. 

 Cuckoo, nest of, 104; eggs of, 105, 



107, in ; note of, 118 ; anatomy of, 



168. 



Cuckoo-pint, 39. 

 Cucumbers, 371. 

 Curlew, 65. See also Stone-curlew. 



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