INDEX. 



275 



Holy Ghost Chapel, Basingstoke, de- 

 struction of, ii. 243 

 Holy water clump, ii. 252 

 Home-made candles, i. 194 

 Honey-buzzard, i. 155, 252 

 Honey-dew, i. 288 

 Hoopoe, ii. 37 

 Hoopoes at Selborne, i. 34 ; migration 



of, i. 120 

 Hops, suitable soil for, i. 4 ; at Sel- 



bome, i. 13, 186 ; gardens, ii. 12 

 Horns at Lord Pembroke's, i. 108 ; of 



red-deer, growth of, ii. 21 ; cow's, 



structure of, ii. 112 

 Horse botfly, i. 125, ii. 105 ; and hen 



friendship, i. 192 ; should not be kept 



in solitude, ii. 128 ; brain of, ii. 129 ; 



long tail of, ii. 129 

 Horticulture, spread of, i. 216 

 House martins (are Martins, house ;) 



swallow (see Swallow, house) 

 Howe, General, machinery made by, 



i. 25 

 Humming, in the air, i. 219 ; birds 



from West Indies, ii. 94 

 Hunger, power of, i. 118, 131 

 Hunter, John, birth and death of, 



ii. 4 

 Hunting condemned by Bishop Wyke- 



ham, ii. 204 

 Hybemation of swallow, i. 28 ; swift, 



i. 28 

 Hybrid between cat and rabbit, ii. 28 ; 



tench and rabbit, ii. 28 

 Ifypericvm androscemum (Tustan, or 



St. John's Wort), i. 226 



I. 



Ichthyology, i. 67 



Icy spicul.t in the air, i. 286 



Idiot boy and bees, i. 197, ii. 10, 130 



Incongruous companions, i. 131 



Incubation of birds, i. 102 



Indian grass, i. 73, ii. 61 



Insectivorous birds, i. 34 



Insect pests, i. 125 ; appearing in hot 

 weather, i. 211 ; insensible to sound, 

 i. 220 ; hybernation of, i. 243 ; life of, 

 i. 243 ; diffusion of, i. 259, 261 ; ap- 

 pearing in frosts, i. 283 



Instinct, i. 78, 138, 161, 266 ; of young 

 animals, i. 205 



Inundations rendering land poor, i. 210 



Ireland and its natural history, i. 187 



Ironstone in Holt Forest, i. 10, ii. 19 : 

 in Sussex, ii. 19 



Italy, climate of, i. 103 



Ivy tree destroying buildings, ii. 10 



J. 



Jackdaws, i. 66, ii. 57 ; building on tin? 



ground, i. 66, 68 

 Jamaica, birds of, i. 1 1 1 

 Jarbird (see Goatsucker) 

 Jealousy in birds, i. 131 

 Jehovah, ii. 32 



John, King, in Wolmer Forest, ii. 157 

 July, alleged decrease of birds in, i. 94 

 Juncus comjlomeratus (common rush), 



i. 194 

 Junipers, American, i. 280 



K. 



Kestrel, i. 167 

 Kingsfield, echo in, i. 218 

 Kite, eating ants' eggs, i. 34 ; migration 



of, i. 120, 155 

 Knights' Templars, Order of, ii. 163 ; 



property belonging to, at Selborne, ii. 



164, 192 



L. 



Lacerta, i. 56 ; green, i. 57 



Ladies' traces, i. 227 



1-akes near Selborne, i. 21 ; in Wolmer 



i. 22 



Lampern, i. 35 



Landrail, i. 12, 84 ; food of, i. 84 

 Landslips, i. 238 

 Land tortoise (see Tortoise) 

 Lanes at Selborne, i. 11, ii. 11 ; abound 



in Filices, i. 12 

 Lanius minor, i. 86 ; Collurio (, 



Butcher-bird) 



Lapwing, i. 15 ; movements of, i. 145 

 Larks, i. 155, ii. 47 ; sky, feeding in 



winter, i. 33 ; white, i. 48 ; grass- 

 hopper, i. 51, 61, 77, 167 ; worn!, i. 



101 ; dusting and washing, i. 123 ; 



Scotch, ii. 47 ; catching, ii. 47 

 Late springs, i. 123 

 Lathroea squammaria (tooth-wort), i 



226 



Lathyrits sylvestris, i. 227 

 Laurel spurge, i. 227 

 Leaves of trees, i. 201 

 Legs, length of, in small birds, i. 247 

 Lemna (duck's meat weed), i. 263 

 Leprosy, i 213, ii. 145 

 Leveret, and cat, friendship of, i. 203 

 Libcllnlie (dragon-fly), i. 112, 165 

 Lice, of insects, i. 142 ; martins, i. 142, 



151, 258, ii. 116; swallows, eggs of, 



i. 143 



Linen clothing, advantage of, i. 21 4 

 Limisean system, the, i. 80, 82, 85, 



169 



