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INDEX. 



Linnet, i 41, 101, 113, ii. 43 ; song of, 



ii. 43, 74 ; taming, ii. 44 

 Lions following jackals, i. 132 ; eating 



fish, ii. 86 



Lithe, the short, i. 240 

 Liveries, meaning of, ii. 205 

 Lizard, green, i. 57, 68 ; black, found 



in a well, i. 64 ; Guernsey, turned 



out at Pembroke College, Oxford, 



i. 73 



Loach, i. 59 



Loaches from Ambresbury, i. 59 

 Locusta, i. 51 

 Locustella, i. 77 

 Long-billed birds fattening during 



frosts, i. 101 



Longspee, Ela, ii. 198, 199 

 Longworth, J., Vicar of Selborne, ii. 



174 

 Loon, or spotted diver, i. 82 ; foot of, 



i. 83 



Lop and top, i. 26 

 Loripes, i. 247 

 Jjosel's wood, i. 5, ii 12 

 Love in birds, i. 118, 134 

 Loxia coccothraustes (sec Grosbeak); 



(curvirostra) (see Crossbill) 

 Lycoperdon tuber (truffle), i. 227 



M. 



Magdalen College, Oxford, i. 4 ; curious 

 custom at, ii. 58 ; land belonging to, 

 at Selborne. ii. 188, 246 ; patron of 

 living of Selborne, ii. 173 ; founded, 

 ii. 229 ; court list of, held at Sel- 

 borne, ii. 245 



Maggots in cattle, i. 71 ; of house flies, 

 ii. 106 



Magpie and missel thrash, fight be- 

 tween, i. 185 



Malioinmedans dusting themselves, 

 i. 112 



Maiden hair fern, i. 196 



Malm, black and white, i. 2 



Man-traps, ii. 24 



Manor house at Selborne, ii. 185 



Marcley Hill said to have moved, i. 237 



Market at Selborne, ii. 187, 246 



Marsh cinquefoil, i. 226 



Martins, young, appearance of, i. 28 ; 

 late, i. 28, 66 ; house, i. 29, 36, 103, 

 110, 146, 163 ; sand, i. 30, 114, 163 ; 

 frequenting water, i. 30 ; late breed- 

 ing of, i. 36, 40, 134, 144, 150, 170, 

 264 ; migration of, i. 130 ; food of, 

 i. 165 ; parasites of, i. 165, ii. 116 ; 

 hybernatingof, i. 135, 212, 257, 265 ; 

 nest of, i. 147, 149 ; down on legs of, 



i. 151 ; colour of, i. 161 ; sarid and 

 house feed young on the wing, i. 110, 

 ii. 96 ; nest of, i. 30, 177 ; washing as 

 they fly, i. 166; do not sing, i. 165 ; 

 flight of, i. 166 ; abundance of, i. 166 ; 

 appearance of, i. 212 

 Martlet (see House martin) 

 Masses for the dead in Selborne church, 



ii. 197 



May-day custom at Oxford, ii. 58 

 May -fly, i. 180 



Memory, comparing animals by, i. 115 

 "Heating off" birds, ii. 73 

 Merops apiaster (beebird) i. 120 

 Merula torquo.ta (see ring ouzel) 

 Meteors, i. 289 

 Mezereon, i. 227 



Migration of swallows, i. 29, 40, 74 ; 

 of birds, i. 33, 40, 44, 75, 78, 80, 101, 

 103, 105, 117, 120 ; of chaffinches, 

 i. 41 ; of birds, affected by the season, 

 i. 105 

 Migration, a large, i. 74 ; " home," i. 



117 ; at Gibraltar, i. 120 

 Mildew on hops, ii. 12 

 Miller's thumb, i. 35 

 Missel thrash (see Thrush, missel) ; 



bird, i. 144 



Mist, sulphurous, i. 291 

 Moisture, effect of, on trees, i. 123 

 Moles, eaten by weasels, i. 167 ; cricket, 

 i. 253, 279, ii. 124, 148; eating 

 worms, ii. 123 ; paw of, ii. 124 

 Monasteries, effect of, ii. 182 ; degene- 

 ration of, ii. 213 

 Monkey, mummied, found in a tree, 



ii. 103 



Monogamous birds, i. 103 

 Monographs, merits of, i. 109, 111 

 Monolith at Crickhowell, ii. 59 

 Monument, to Gilbert White, ii. 166 ; 



to Eev. W. Etty, ii. 166 

 Moose deer, the, i'. 99, 115, ii. 79 ; food 

 of, i. 100, ii. 79 ; swimming in breed- 

 ing time, i. 107, ii. 80 ; appearance 

 of, ii. 80 



Mosquitoes, i. 142 



Moss on tombstones, to destroy, ii. 9 

 Motacilla tro&ilus, i. 31 ; three kinds 

 of, i. 32, 61 ; atrica.pilla (see black- 

 cap) ; salicaria (see Willow wren) 

 Mother marking, i. 213 

 Mountains, i. 152 



Mouse, i. 44 ; harvest, i. 32 ; new kind, 

 i. 32, 37, 49 ; burrowing, i. 44 ; 

 large, i. 44 ; house, i. 44 ; red, dogs 

 eating, i. 169 ; common, cats eating, 

 i. 170 ; shrew, 199, ii. 72; caught 

 by an oyster, ii. 40 ; field (see Field 

 mouse) 



