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INDEX. 



Gems placed in turkey's crops, ii. 66 

 Gentian, i. 226 



Geniiana amarilla (gentian or fell- 

 work), i. 226 



Geology of Selborne, i. 2, 8 

 German-boars, i. 26 ; silk-tail, i. 38 

 Gibraltar, migration of birds to, i. 11+, 



115 ; entries relating to, ii. 15 

 Gill covers of mud Iguana, i. 56 

 Gipsies, language of, i. 21, 38, 193, ii. 



130 

 Gizzard, of landrail, i. 84 ; of birds, i. 



95, ii. 66 

 Glow-worm, i. 79 

 Gnats en the snow, i. 33 

 Goats, breathing through their ears, i. 46, 



ii. 119 ; do not take sheep scab, ii. 



119 

 Goatsucker, i. 70, ii. 60 ; note of, i. 



70, 71, 74, 102, 130 ; food of, i. 70, 



176, ii. 60 ; does not injure cattle, i. 



71 ; egg of, i. 72, ii. 60 ; makes no 



nest, i. 73 ; feeding by means of its 



foot, i. 130 ; anatomy of, i. 204 ; 



tame, ii. 61 

 dobiits flttviatilis capitatus (bull-head), 



i. 35 



Goldfinch, i. 101 

 Goldfish, i. 262, 263 

 Gold-crested wren (see Wren) 

 Golden thrushes, i. 120 

 Golden maiden-hair, brush of, i. 196 

 Gossamer, a shower of, i. 189, ii. 127 ; 



origin of, i. 190, ii. 127 

 Gracious street, ii. 245 

 Grallae, logs of i. 99 ; food of, i. 128 

 Graminivorous birds eating vegetables. 



i. 105 



Grange, the, ii. 245 

 Grass, uses of, i. 225 

 Grasshopper, i. 241 ; lark, i. 51, 61, 



77,167 ; warbler, ii. 48 ; two kinds 



of, ii. 49 



Gravel in birds' crops, i. 84 

 Graves under trees, ii. 172 

 Great Britain, birds of, i. 173 

 Greatham farm, i. 19 

 Green lizard, i. 57, 68 

 Gregarious habits of horses and cows, 



i. 191 



Grosbeak, i. 34 ; food of, i. 34 

 Gryllus campcstris (field-cricket) ; do- 



mesticus (house-cricket) ; QryUus 



talpae (mole-cricket) (see Cricket) 

 Guernsey lizard, i. 73 

 Gurdon, Sir Adam, ii. 183 ; marriage 



of, ii. 184 ; rebellion of, ii. 189 ; 



menace against the English language, 



ii. 190 ; death of, ii. 191 ; seal of, ii. 



191 



H. 



Haggard falcon, i. 270 



Hailstorm at Selborne, i. 291 



Hampton bridge, i. 6 



Hanger, the, i. 2, 13, ii. 10 ; meaning 



of, ii. 10 

 Hares, i. 12, 281 

 Harvest mouse (see Mouse, harvest) ; 



bug, i. 124, ii. 104 

 Hawkley hanger, i. 238 

 Hawk, sparrow, strange, i. 33 ; blue, 



i. 168 ; ringtail, anatomy of, i. 204 ; 



destroyed by poultry, i. 234 

 Hawks, i. 33 ; casting up feathers, i. 



36 ; migration of, i. 120 ; do not prey 



while cuckoo is heard, i. 185 

 Haws, a food for birds, i. 38, ii. 41 ; 



failure of, i. 38 

 Haze, or smoky fog, i. 289 

 Hazel wych, i. 5 

 Heat, intense, i. 287 ; spoiling fruit, 



i. 287 ; effects of on hybemating 



animals, i. 212 



Heathcock, formerly plentiful, i. 16 

 Heathfires, i. 20 

 Hedgehog, i. 97, ii 76 ; food of, i. 97 ; 



spines of, i. 97, ii. 76, 77 ; hybernat- 



ing of, i. 98, ii. 78 ; young of, ii. 77 ; 



vertebrae of, ii. 77 ; claws of, ii. 77 ; 



resisting poison, ii 77 ; food of, ii. 78 

 Hedgesparrow and the cuckoo, i. 102, 



ii. '74 



ffeliotropus, summer and winter, i. 235 

 Helleborus fcttidu-s (stinking hellebore), 



i. 226 ; viridis (green hellebore), i. 



226 ; niger, i. 227 ; hellebores, order 



of blooming, i. 227 ; hyemalis, i. 227 

 Helleborini, i. 227 



Hempseed for birds, i. 48, 145, ii. 46 

 Hen harrier, i. 167 

 Hen and horse, friendship of, i. 192 ; 



and ducklings, i. 209 

 Hen, common, i. 233 

 Henry III. grants lands to Selborne 



priory, ii. 180 



Heronry at Cressi Hall, i. 69, 74 

 Hills and mountains, moving, i. 237 ; 



attracting clouds, i. 290 

 Himantopus, i. 247, 248 

 Hippobosccc hirundinis, i. 142, 258 

 Hirundo, hyberna, i. 1 14 ; rupestris, i. 



114 ; alf/ina, i. 116 ; csculeitin, i. 163 



(see also Swallow, Martin, and Swift) 

 Hogmere, lake, i. 22 

 Hogs, age of, i 207 

 Hollow lane leading to Alton, i. 11 

 Holt, Forest, i. 1, 25, ii. 19 ; ironstone 



in, i. 10, ii. 19 ; deer in, i. 19, 26 ; 



meaning of, ii. 10 



