NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE 



Sandstone, 10. 



Scallops, 9. 



Sedge-bird, 61 ; song of, 83, 103. 



Seed, dormant, 370. 



Sex-migration, 113. 



Sheep, species of, 135 ; effect of shear- 

 ing, 352. 



Shrew-ash, 164. 



Side-fly. See Fly. 



Silk-tail, 32. 



Skylark, 192. 



Sleet, 373- 



Snail, 365. 



Snake, 365. 



Snipe, breeding ground, 26 ; note of, 

 42, 83 ; flight of, 19 1. 



Snow-fleck, 64. 



Sociability of animals, 172. 



Song, incubation and, 103. 



Sparrow, house , 85 ; hedge , 88 ; 

 reed , 109 ; hawk, see Hawk. 



Sphinx ocellata, 359. 



Squirrel, 218. 



Squnck, 62. 



Starling, 192. 



Stock-dove. See Wood Pigeon. 



Stone-curlew, history of, 39 ; breed- 

 ing place of, 75 ; note of, 223 ; mi- 

 gration of, 343. 



Swallow, hibernation of, 25, 123 ; his- 

 tory of, 123, 137, 192 ; note of, 193 ; 

 roosting place of, 33 ; migration of, 

 57, 61, 65, 70, 80, 82, 108, 116, 138, 

 176, 349 ; sex of, 83. 



Swan, 84. 



Swift, hybernation of, 25 ; history of, 

 147, 192, 210 ; late appearance of, 

 29, 210 ; migration of, 65 ; drinks 

 on wing, 83 ; pairing of, 185. 



Sycamore, 369. 



Temple, manor house of, 267 ; holding 



of, 326. 



Thaw, origin of, 228, 373. 

 Thrush, 39, 333. 

 Thunderstorm, 238. 



Titlark, song of, 82, 104 ; breeding of, 



103. 

 Titmouse, song of, 86 ; history of, 89 ; 



species, 89. 

 Toad, breeding of, 43 ; venom of, 43 ; 



cancer cure, 47. 

 Tortoise, hybernation of, 113, 137, 208 ; 



history of, 327. 

 Trees, distillation of water by, 166 ; 



losing leaves, 367 ; size of, 367 ; sap 



of, 368 ; renovation of leaves of, 



368. 



Tremella nostoc, 372. 

 Truffles, 371. 

 Tunbridge, 318. 

 Turkey, 193. 

 Turnip-fly. See Fly. 



Vicarage of Selborne, 254 ; house of, 



252 ; revenue of, 255. 

 Vicars of Selborne, 255. 

 Viper, antidote for, 45. 



Wagtails, non-migratory, 35 ; food of, 



350. 



Waldon lodge, 19. 

 Wasps, 235, 360. 

 Water-newt, 44; absence of gills of, 



48. 



Water-rat, 26 ; hybernaculum of, 65. 

 Waynflete, Bishop, 295. 

 Weasel, 85. 

 Whaddon chapel, 318. 

 Wheat, 371. 

 Wheat-ear, 35, 83, 136. 

 Whinchat, 83. 

 Whitethroat, history of, 83 ; flight of, 



193- 



Willow-wren, species of, 40, 49 ; his- 

 tory of, 41, 344. 



Wren, 86, 103. 



Wolmer forest, description of, 14 ; 

 limits of, 20 ; lakes in, 21 ; grant 

 of, 23, 269 ; soil of, 23 ; pond, 



22. 

 Woodlark, 61, 192. 



