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INDEX. 



stroyers of insects, 177 

 species of, diminishing in 

 number, 192 labour of, to 

 feed their .young, 196 

 friendship of, 208, 209 

 eggs of, 222, 223, 250 dis- 

 like of, to man, 228 stra- 

 tagem of one, 232 early 

 rising of, 233 boldness of, 

 250 solitary and congre- 

 gating ones,252 language 

 of, unvarying, 270 plea- 

 sure afforded by, to man, 

 273, For the different 

 kinds, see thei* respective 

 English names. 



Blackbird, song of the, 271. 



Blackcap, the, 226. 



Blight, 349 some trees not 

 affected by, 350 manner 

 in which this insect propa- 

 gates itself, ibid. whence 

 derived, uncertain, 352 

 remedy for, 354 saline 

 winds a supposed cause of, 

 383. 



Blossoms of plants, their uti- 

 lity not obvious, 64. 



Bombilius, the, 310. 



Bones of horses and human 

 beings dug up, conjecture 

 respecting, 4. 



Book-worm, the, 81 its de- 

 light in sweets, ibid. 



Bouquets, wearing of, not in 

 use, 70. 



Bramble, the common, almost 

 an evergreen, 103 lines 

 on its leaves, ibid. its uses, 

 104. 



Buff- tip moth, the, 57. 



Bull-finch, the, 154 destruc- 

 tive .to gardens, 155. 



Bunting, peculiar practice of 

 the, 247. 



Burnet, conjecture as to its 

 lasting verdure, 83. 



Butcher-bird, the, 187. 



Butterfly, the sulphur, 98 

 the blue argus, 282 the 

 phlaeas, 283 the azure, 

 ibid. the painted lady, 286 

 the marble, 28.7 the 

 meadow brown, 288. 



Caloric, effects of, on bodies, 

 406. 



Cerealia, 37. 



Chaffinch, the, 159. 



Changes in Nature, 322. 



Cheese, cheap kind of, 21. 



Christmassing, 371. 



Chrysalides of insects, 275. 



Chrysalis, singular one, 276. 



Cleanliness of animals, 321. 



Clematis, the wild, 109 

 sticks of, used by boys for 

 smoking, 110. 



Clocks, name given to the 

 great dorr beetle, 318. 



Cock, crowing of the, 272. 



Cockchaffer, 323. 



Coins dug out of the earth, 3. 



Colour, probably reflected 

 light, 75 effects of the 

 rays of the sun upon, 76. 



Coral polypi, 9, 10. 



Crossbill, the, 176. 



Cruelty, a vice of the igno- 

 rant, 132. 



Dandelion, the, 100. 



