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INDEX. 



Bees, drink flying, i. 145; Virgil's, i. 

 145, 219 ; and idiot boy, i. 197, ii. 

 130 ; swarming in hot weather, i. 

 211 ; injured by echoes, i. 219 ; in- 

 sensible to sound, i. 220 ; injured by 

 heat and cold, i. 278 ; eating honey 

 dew, i. 288 ; sting of, immunity 

 from, ii. 130 



Bee bird, i. 120 



Heech, the, i. -1 



Beetles, i. 183 



Belfry of Selborne Church, ii. 167 



Bell, Professor, ii. 4 



Bells in Selborne Church, ii. 167 



Berne, Canon, Prior of Selborne, ii. 

 223 ; provision for, ii. 226 



Bezoar stones, ii. 107 



Bilberry, creeping or Cranberry, i. 226 



Bin's pond, i. 21 ; parsonage, ii. 173 



Binstead parish, i. 26 



Birdcatcher, experience of a, ii. 13 



Birdcatching, modes of, ii. 42, 44 47, 

 56, 78. 102, 109 



Birds, without English names, i. 32, 

 247; Influenced by colour in choice of 

 food, i. 33 ; of passage, i. 33 ; settling 

 on ships at sea, i. 44 ; colour of, in- 

 fluenced by food, i. 48, 145, ii. 46 ; 

 turning black, i. 48 ; of summer pas- 

 sage, i. 53, 80, 87, 113, 115, 120, 

 153 ; instinct of, i. 78, 96, 138, 161, 

 266 ; soft billed (non-migratory), i. 

 81 ; of winter passage, i. 81, 87 ; 

 wintering in England, i. 81 ; singing 

 after midsummer, i. 82, 87, 101 ; 

 motions of, i. 83, 106, 228, ii. 89 ; 

 singing, are all Passeres, i. 88 ; in 

 full song till midsummer, i. 88 ; that 

 sing in the spring, i. 88 ; with slight 

 notes, i. 88 ; which sing flying, i. 

 89 ; with a song, i. 89 ; some tame, 

 others shy, i. 89 ; breeding early, i. 

 89; in Ascension Island, i. 89; of 

 Andalusia, i. 92, 116, 123 ; singing 

 during incubation, i. 93 ; fatten in 

 frosts, i. 101 ; pairing of, i. 103, ii. 



' 89, 125 ; migration of, influenced 

 by the weather, i. 103, 105, ii. 89; 

 food of, i. 105, 108 ; colour of, chang- 

 ing at breeding time, i. 106 ; thick- 

 billed, i. 106 ; transport of, onboard 

 ship, i. 108, ii. 93 ; collections of, 

 contain few soft-billed birds, i. 108 ; 

 washing, i. Ill ; that dust do not 

 wash, i. Ill ; which are pulvera- 

 trices, i. Ill ; migration of, to Africa, 

 i. 115, ii. 120; of prey, i. 120, 168 ; 

 migration of, over the sea, i. 121 ; 

 swarms of different varieties, i. 132 ; 

 singing in spring and autumn, i. 



169; drinking, i. 170; growth of, 

 i. 184; congregating, i. 191; dis- 

 persion of, i. 223 ; destroyed while 

 migrating, i. 223 ; notes and lan- 

 guage of, i. 230 ; migration of, ii. 

 12 ; of Sussex, collection of, ii. 15 ; 

 frightened at gloves, ii. 59 ; arrival 

 of, ii. 62 ; seen at Kiniberley, Nor- 

 folk, ii. 63 ; seen at Zoological Gard- 

 ens, London, ii. 65 ; moulting, ii. 

 69 ; English, exported to New 

 Zealand, ii. 93 ; soft-billed, caught 

 in April, ii. 100 ; English, in Africa, 

 ii. 120 ; migratory, leavingthe South 

 Coast, ii. 121 



Bird's-nest ophrys, i. 227 



Bittern, ii. 60 



Black act, the, i. 19 



Blackbird, i. 49, ii. 80 ; killed by 

 frost, i. 284 ; nest of, made with 

 paper, ii. 63; nest of, ornamented 

 with lace, ii. 70 ; note of, ii. 71 ; 

 pugnacity of, ii. 72 



Blackcap, i. 32, 36, 93, 154, 172, ii. 

 73 ; arrival of, i. 33, ii. 73 ; food of, 

 i. 172, ii. 73 ; note of, i. 172 ; eggs 

 of, ii. 73; nest of, ii. 73 



Black death, the, ii. 146 



Black dolphin, i. 125 



Black canons, ii. 179 



Black game at, Selborne, i. 16 



Blackmoor farm, ii. 252 ; curious cus- 

 tom at, i. 21 



Black rat, old English, ii. 35 



Blindworm, i. 57 



Blossoming of plants, i. 227 



Blue-bottle flies, ii. 105 



Blue rag, i. 10 



Boa constrictor, ii. 54, 67 



Boars, wild, in Wolmer Forest, i. 26 



Boars, fierce, tamed by losing their 

 tusks, i. 206 



Bogs in Wolmer Forest, i. 14, 273 



Bohemian chatterer, i. 38 



Bohemian waxwing, i. 38 



Booby, the, i. 89 



Books in White's library, ii. 5 



Botany, its utility, i. 224 



Botfly, horse, i. 71, 125, ii. 105 



Bower bird, ii. 71 



Boy bee-eater, i. 120 



Brain of horse, ii. ] 29 



Brambling, greater, i. 91 



Breathing of deer, i. 45 ; goats, i 46 



Brighton, fall of cliffs at, i. 28 ; bustards 

 at, i. 113, ii. 98 



Brimstone Lodge, i. 21 



Bristowe, D., Vicar of Selborne, be- 

 quests of, ii. 176 



Brooks and springs at Selborne, i. 23 



