INDEX. 



27.1 



Edward III. in Wolmer Forest, ii. 158 

 Eels, i. 22, 35 ; breeding of, i. 54, 167 ; 



two species of, i. 167 ; how to catch, 



ii. 38 ; large, ii. 38 



Eft, i. 55 ; water, larva of land-eft, i. 55 

 Eggs, of carp, number of, ii. 30; in 



larvse of insects, i. 60 

 Elder, dwarf, i. 227 

 Electricity, i. 291 

 Elephant, tusk o r , growth of, ii. 26; 



injured by bullet, ii. 27 ; tormented 



by rats, ii. 37 ; tormented by flies, 



ii. 106 ; note of, ii. 116 

 Elk, European, i. 100, ii. 79 

 Elms, broad-leaved or wych hazel, 



large, i. 5 ; common, ii. 17 



i-.a miliaria (bunting), ii. 46 

 Kmberiza nivalis (suowflake), ii. 46 

 Entomology, i. 73, 126 

 /:/>/: iiin-a- (mayflies), i. 180 

 Eunuchs, i. 206 

 Kiniiiymus EurofKus (spiudle-tree) i. 



170, 226 



Eve-churr (see Mole-cricket) 

 !-',\ i jar (sec Fern-owl) 

 Eyes and ears, large, uses of, i. 142 



F. 



Fair at Selborne, ii. 187, 246 



Falcons, i. 32, 34, 37, 270 



Falco pcregrinm (haggard falcon), i. 270 



Fallow-deer, in Holt Forest, i. 26 ; 

 never seen in Woluier Forest, i. 26 ; 

 head of spiracula in, i. 45 ; imported 

 from Norway by James I., ii. 21 



Fattening of animals during frost, i. 101 



Faustina, Empress, ii. 154 



Fellwort, i. 226 



Fens of Lincolnshire, The, i. 70 



Fern-chafers, i. 71, 130, 170 



Fern-owl (sec Goatsucker) 



Field-cricket (sec Cricket, field) 



Fieldfares, i. 29, 85, 90, 98, ii. 78 ; 

 feeding in winter, i. 33, ii. 78 ; not 

 breeding in England, i. 90 ; roost on 

 the ground, i. 98 ; breeding in Eng- 

 land, i 118 



Field-mouse, i. 32, 37, 49 ; and young, 

 i. 139 ; eating nuts, i. 267 



Fig-trees in Imliu destroying buildings, 

 ii. 11 



Fish, shell, petrified, i 7 ; at Selbi.rnr, 

 i. 22, 35 ; dead, why they float, i. 

 262 ; gold, i. 262 ; silver, i. 262 ; 

 food of, i. 263 ; bowls of, with birds 

 inside, i. 263 ; scales of, ii. 110 ; 

 ponds, ii. 246 



Flamingo, i. 248, ii. 149 ; feeding its 

 young, ii. 150 



VOL. II. 



Flies, plague of, i. 289 ; annoying ele- 

 phants, ii. 106 ; and cholera, ii. 106 



Flight of birds, i. 162, 229, 230 ; in- 

 sects, i. 244 



Floods in 1764, i. 162 ; 1784, i. 291 



Flora of Selborne, i. 225 



Fly, turuip, i. 125 ; depositing eggs 

 in hairs of horses, i. 125 ; horse bot 

 (see horse-tly) ; forest, i. 142 ; side, 

 i. 142 ; house maggots of, ii. 106 



Flycatcher, i. 31, 36, 52, 138 ; arrival 

 of, i. 33 ; instinct of, i. 139 ; nidi- 

 fication of, i. 172 ; note of, i. 172 ; 

 spotted, ii. 114 ; pellets cast up by, 

 ii. 114 



Fogs, i. 200, 202 ; smoky, i. 289 



Food of titlark, i. 33 ; of soft-billed 

 birds, i. 30 ; birds guided by colour in 

 choice of, i. 33 ; of birds, i. 118 ; 

 of man, various, i. 224 ; of wood- 

 pecker, ii. 93 



Foot of woodpecker, ii. 91 



Forest-flies, i. 142 



Forests, services rendered by, i. 19 ; ef- 

 . fects of on the weather, i. 201 ; royal 

 origin of, ii. 157 



Fossils at Selborne, i. 7 ; wood, i. 14, 

 273 ; oak, i. 273 



Foxe- in Wolmer Forest, i. 21 



Freestone, analogous to chalk, i. 2 ; 

 grows shaky wood, i. 4 ; its uses, i. 8 



French naturalists, i. 107 



Fringilla (hard-billed), i. 175 ; Calebs 

 (see Chaffinch) 



Frogs, i. 54 ; breeding of, i. 55 : swarm 

 of, cause of, i. 55, ii. 49 ; migrating 

 of, i. 55, ii. 49 ; cultivation of, ii. 

 50 ; croaking of, ii. 60 



Frosts, lying longer on bog oaks, i. 14 ; 

 severe, i. 45. 277, 281, 284; birds 

 fattening during, i. 101 ; effects of on 

 animals, i. 101 ; effect of on birds, i. 

 102 



Fruit crop, i. 186 



G. 



Gallina 1 , walk of, i. 229 



Gallows Hill, ii. 247 



Garden, White's, ii. 8 



Gardening, i. 215; among the Saxons 

 i. 215 



Garlands in churches in honour of 

 Virgins, ii. 161 



Oarrulus Bohemicus (German silk-tail), 

 i. 38 



Gassemlus, quotation from, on music, 

 i. 268 



Gasterosterus imngitius (see Stickle- 

 back) ; aculcatus (sec Stickleback) 



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