INDEX. 



277 



Movements of animals and birds, 

 various, i. 31, 228 



Mud iguana, i. 56 



Mus amphibius, i. 32 ; minimus (new- 

 kind of mouse), i. 32, 37, 49 ; do- 

 inesticus meclius (Ray), i. 37 



Afusca putris (see Bacon-fly) ; chame- 

 leon, i. 125 



Music, influence of, i. 268 



Mustella weasel, i. 47 



Mustclinum, i. 47 



Mytilus, the, i. 7 ; fossil, at Selborne, 

 i. 7 



H. 



Naturalist's summer evening walk, i. 



78 



Nautilus, fossil, i. 8 

 Nest of sand-martins, i. 30 ; mouse, i. 



38 ; rooks, i. 47 ; swallow on owl's 



body, i. 160 



Newt, or water-eft, i. 55, ii. 50 

 Newton Valence church, tablet in, ii. 



16 

 Nidification of birds, i. 119, 137, 163, 



186, 266 ; house-martins, i. 147, 266 ; 



sand-martins, i. 164 ; chaffinch, i. 



26fi ; nuthatch, i. 266 ; wren, i. 



266 



Night, birds coming forth at, i. 23 

 Nightingale, i. 152, ii. 99 ; migration 



of, i. 122, ii. 99 ; note of, i. 127, 



167, ii. 100 ; eggs and nests of, ii. 



99 ; breeding in London, ii. 101 ; 



catching, ii. 102 

 Nocturnal birds, i. 273 

 Norehill, i. 2, 237, ii. 15 

 Nostrils of antelope, i. 45 ; horses and 



deer, ii. 23, 24 

 Notes of, birds, i. 31, 42, 52, 82, 230 ; 



willow wren, i. 51 ; grasshopper lark, 



i. 51 ; willow lark, i. 62 

 Noxious insects, i. 125 

 Nun, i. 176 

 Nuthatch, i. 50, 53, 266, ii. 48 ; eating 



nuts, i. 267 ; nest of, ii. 48 ; foot 



of, ii. 48 ; anatomy of, ii. 61 

 Nuts opened differently by nuthatch, 



squirrel, and field-mice, i. 266 

 Nymphoca (water-lily), i. 100 



0. 



Oak, large in the Plestor, i. 5, ii. 186 ; 



in Losels wood, i. 5, ii. 12 ; peculiar, 



i. 5, 6 ; bog, i. 14 ; how to tell the 



age of, ii. 18 

 Oakhanger, i. 13, 21 

 Oaks of Temple, i. 4 ; in Wolmer 



forest, i. 26 ; in Windsor forest, ii. 18 



Oedicnemiis (see Stone curlew) 



Oil as a remedy for snake-bites, i. 57 



(Estrus bovis (bot-fly), causing injury to 

 cattle, i. 71, 125 



Ophrys spiralis (see Ladies' traces) ; 

 nidtts avis (see Birds' nest ophrys) 



Opposite golden saxifrage, i. 226 



Oropendolos, i. 120 



Osprey, i. 143 



Ostrich, the, i. 96 



Otis (bustard), i. 89 



Otter, i. 104, ii. 87 ; killed near Sel- 

 borne, i. 104 ; anatomy of, ii. 88 



Ouzel, ring (see King-ousel) ; water, (see 

 Water ouzel) 



Owl, barn (see Owl, white) ; brown, 

 casting up fur and feathers, i.36, 142; 

 food of, i. 36 ; hooting of, i. 124 ; 

 nest of swallow on an, i. 160 ; eagle, 

 i. 91 ; fern (see Goatsucker) ; white, 

 i. 140, ii. 114 ; young of, i. 36 ; food 

 of, i. 36, 141 ; attacking dove- 

 house, i. 104; hawking, i. 140, ii. 



114 ; screech of, i. 141 ; voice of, i. 

 141 



Owls, pellets cast up by, i. 36, 142 ; 

 hoot in different keys, i. 124, 127, 

 ii. 116 ; ears of, i. 142 ; eyes of, i. 

 142 ; flight of, i. 142 ; food of, ii. 



115 ; to call, ii. 116 



Oxen congregating together, i. 191 

 Oxford, Guernsey lizards at Pembroke 



College, i. 73 ; swallows late at, i. 



36, 74 ; statues at, ii. 38 ; figures of 



Muses at, ii. 38 ; pigeons at, ii. 39 ; 



curious custom at, ii. 58 

 Oyster, mouse caught by, ii. 40 ; 



catcher, caught by, ii. 41 



P. 



Pairing of birds, i. 104 



Palm Sunday, yew trees carried on, ii. 

 172 



Palumbtts tm-quahis (see Ring dove) 



Pangolin, scales of, ii. Ill 



Paradise Mede, Selborne, ii. 237 



Parasitic insects, i. 142, 242 ; of mar- 

 tins, i. 142, 151, 258, ii. 116 



Paris quadrifolia, (herb Paris truelove 

 or oneberry), i. 226 



Partridges, i. 12 ; pairing of, i. 104 ; 

 great flocks of, i. 115 ; killed by frost, 

 i. 284 



Parity ocerwleiis, (blue titmouse or 

 wren), i. 176 ; fringillagiis or major, 

 (blackhead titmouse) i. 176 ; ater, 

 (cole-mouse), i. 176 ; paltistris (marsh 

 titmouse)! i. 176 



