INDEX. 



279 



Redwing, i. 29, ii. 78 ; feeding in win- 

 ter, i. 33 ; breeding in England, i. 

 118 ; migration of, i. 128 ; killed by 

 frost, i. 278 



Reed-sparrow, i. 85, 91, 101, 106, 117 ; 

 food of, i. 106 ; song of, i. 106 



Reed-wren, i. 86, ii. 66 



Jiegulus cristatus, ii. 49 ; eggs of, ii. 

 49 ; nest of, ii. 49 



Kegulus non cristaliis (see Golden- 

 crested wren) 



Relics of Selborne priory, ii. 215 



Reptiles, breeding of, i. 53 ; stinking se 

 dcf&tdendo, i. 86 



Ring-dove, i. 95, 123, 253 ; food of, 

 i. 95, 104 ; nidification of, i. 186 



Ring-ouzel, i. 38, 44, 63, 68, 76, 90, 

 108, 123, 154, ii. 95 ; migration of, i. 

 62, 66, 68, 76, 85, 90, 109, 113, 

 181, 135 ; southwards, i. 85 ; food 

 of, i. 64, 76 ; breeding places in 

 England, i. 144, ii. 95 



Rivers near Selborne, i. 35 



Roads, at Selborne, ii. 11 ; new, made 

 by Gilbert White, ii. 176 



Roche, Peter de la, or do Rupibns, 

 founds Selborne priory, ii. 177 ; 

 Bishop of Winchester, ii. 177 



Rocks removed by rain, i. 291 



Roman remains found at Alton, ii. 264 ; 

 Selborne, i. 24, ii. 31, 153, 251,254 ; 

 invasion of England, ii. 261 



Romulus and Remus, i. 209, ii. 87 



Roofs of houses, various, ii. 237 



Rooks, i. 155, 293, ii. 46 ; killed by 

 falcon, i. 33 ; nesting of, i. 47 ; 

 white, i. 47, ii. 46 ; power of smell 

 in, i. 132 ; frightened by scarecrows, 

 ii. 83 



Royal forests, origin of, ii. 157 



Royston crow, i. 123 



Rupert, Prince, i. 25 



Ruptured children placed in pollard- 

 ashes, i. 199 



Rush candles, i. 194 ; to make, i. 195 



Rutland, fall of rain in, i. 119, 281 



S. 



Saffron, i. 227 



Salad or Sallet, i. 216, ii. 147 

 Salad oil as a cure for viper's sting, i. 57 

 Salamandra aquatica, (water-newt, or 



eft), i. 55 



Saliearia, i. 49, 76, 85, 91 ; fen (reed- 

 wren), ii. 66 

 Saltno-fario (trout), i. 35 

 Salmon breeding, ii. 14 

 Salt meat causing leprosy, i. 214 

 Sambucus ebtdus (dwarf elder) 



Sandmartins (see Martins, Sand) : 

 stone, i. 10 ; pipers, i. 62 ; pits in 

 Wolmer forest, i. 163 



Saxon words, meaning of, ii. 156 



Scallops, i. 8 



Scarabosus solstitialis (sec Fernchafers) ; 

 melolontha, i. 72 ; fullo, i. 76 



Scopoli, i. 106, 109, 111, 115 



Scotland, maps of, i. 188 



Sea-birds, i. 35 



Seal of Gurdon, ii. 191 



Sedge-bird (see Willow-wren) 



Sedge- warbler, i. 85, 106 ; note of, i. 

 86, 94 ; singing at night, i. 145 



Selborue I'arish, i. 1 ; village, i. 2 ; soil 

 of, i. 2, 4 ; streams in, i. 2 ; fossils 

 at, i. 7 ; extent of, i. 12 ; salubrity 

 of, i. 12 ; fall of rain in, i. 12, 73, 

 275 ; occupation of, i. 13 ; popula- 

 tion, i. 13 ; situation of, ii. 4 ; in 

 Saxon times, ii. 156 ; value of the 

 living, ii. 173; vicar of, before 

 Domesday Book, ii. 173 ; Priory, 

 property of, ii. 188, 211 ; decay of, 

 ii. 229, 234, 236, 243 : rivulet, ii. 

 239 ; account of, ii. 240 ; ruins of, 

 ii. 244 ; importance of, ii. 247 



Serpents (see Snakes) 



Sex of birds, i. 106 



Sexes, distinguishing features of the, 

 i. 107 ; separation of, during winter, 

 i. 117 



Shearing sheep, i. 153 



Sheep, close grazers, i. 20 ; feeding be- 

 fore rain, i. 129 ; of Sussex, i. 152 ; 

 congregating, i. 191 ; in Australia, 

 ii. 118 ; foretelling the weather, ii. 

 119 



Shingles on roof, advantages of, ii. 168 



Short-winged birds of passage, i. 33, 

 40, 53 



Shrew, water, i. 91, ii. 72 ; asli. 

 i. 199 ; mouse, i. 199, ii. 72 



Shrikes, i. 63, 143, ii. 55 ; four kind." 

 of, ii. 56 



Silkwood, i. 196 ; of spiders, ii. 127 ; 

 tail, German, i. 38 ; worm, intes- 

 tines of, used for fishing-tackle, i. 

 73, ii. 61 



Silver fish, i. 262 



Sitta Europaa (see Nuthatch) 



Skunk, i. 86 



Skylark (See lark) 



Slugs injurious to wheat, i. 211 



Smell, animals recognised by, i. 153 



Smoky atmosphere, cause of, i. 275 



Smother flies, i. 261, 288 



Snails, i. 250, ii. 141 ; shells eaten by 

 birds, i. 84, ii. 142, 143 ; nutrition's 

 food, ii. 142 ; French, ii. 143 



