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INDEX. 



Snakes, (see also Vipers) ; food of, i. 3 ; 

 feeding once a year, i. 57 ; English, i. 

 57 ; stink, i. 86 ; tame, i. 86, ii. 66 ; 

 eating snakes, ii. 49 ; eggs of, ii. 51 ; 

 nest of, ii. 52 ; vertebrae of, ii. 53 ; 

 tame, in London, ii. 66 



Snipes, i. 32, 53 ; in Wolmer Forest, i. 

 15 ; piping and humming of, i. 32, 

 53, 145 ; make no nest, i. 72 ; sto- 

 mach of, i. 94 



Snowflake, i. 48, 91, ii. 44 ; storms, i. 

 277, 281 ; bunting, ii. 44 



Sociality of animals, i. 191 ; of different 

 natures, i. 208 



Soft-billed birds, migration of, i. 44, 80 ; 

 non-migratory, list of, i. 81 . 



Soil, curious, i. 4 ; good for timber, i. 

 4, 5, 25 ; inferior for timber, i. 4, 25 ; 

 of Wolmer and Holt Forests, i. 25 ; 

 chalky and sandy, subject to heat, i. 

 288 ; at Selborne, productive, ii. 10 



Solstice, summer and winter, i. 236 



Song-birds, i. 32, 80, 93, 1U1 ; migra- 

 tion of, i. 80, 81, 117; non-migratory, 

 i. 81, 174 ; night, i. 82 ; list of, 

 i. 87 ; loss of voice in, i. 102 ; food 

 of, i. 174 



Song of thrash, i. 168, ii. 69 ; of black- 

 bird, i. 168 ; of willow wren, i. 168 ; 

 wood lark, i. 168 



Sounds, association of, i. 242 



Sow, fecundity of the, i. 207 ; age of, 

 i. 207 



Spain, birds migrating to, i. 44 



Spaniels, i. 272 ' 



Sparrow hawk, i. 167, 252 ; hedge, i. 

 174, ii. 126 ; flight of, i. 168 ; food of, 

 i. 174 ; egg and nest of the, ii. 126 ; 

 house, i. 103, 169 ; cleaning them- 

 selves, i. 112 ; taking sand-martin's 

 nest, i. 165 ; nidiiication of, i. 169 ; 

 food of, ii. 85 ; increase of, ii. 85 



Spai-rows in the City, ii. 84 



Speckled diver, i. 82 



Spiders, making gossamer webs, i. 190, 

 ii. 127 ; flying, i. 191 ; silk of, ii. 127 



Spindle trees, i. 170 



Spiracula of fallow deer, i. 45, ii. 23 



Sporting, inherent in mankind, i. 18, 

 ii. 204 ; dogs, training of, i. 272 



Spring-guns, ii. 14 



Squirrel, suckled by a cat, i. 209 ; eating 

 nuts, i. 267 



Stag, hunt a, in Wolmer Forest, i. 16 ; 

 nostrils of, i.45; beetle, larvae of, ii.78 



Starlings, roosting, ii. 107 ; mode of, 

 catching, ii. 109 ; food of, ii. 109 



Stealing deer, i. 18 



Stickleback, i. 35, 58, ii. 54 ; nest of, ii. 

 55 



Stilt plover, i. 247 



Stoat, ii. 45 



Stockdove (see Wood-pigeon) 



Stonechat, i. 113, 144, ii. 117 



Stone, free, i. 2, 4, 8 



Stone curlew, i. 49, 50, 69, 116, 273, 

 275 ; food of, i. 2, 9 ; note of, i. 65, 

 273 ; migration of, i. 65, 110 ; makes 

 no nest, i. 72 ; egg of, i. 86 ; flight 

 of, i. 117 



Stonehenge, daws breeding at, i. 66 ; 

 how it was built, ii. 59 



Stone, sand, i. 8, 10 ; rag, i. 9 ; yellow, 

 i. 10 ; large, found at Selborne, ii. 

 1 ; coffin lids in Selborne Church, 

 ii. 162 



Stones, ^wallowed by birds, i. 86, 94 



2Topyri of animals and birds, i. 137, 

 160, 183 



Storm-cock, i. 144 



Strangers elected to Selborue Priory, 

 ii. 218, 220 



Stratford, Bishop of Winchester, ii. 199 



Stubble burning, i. 20 



Sulphuring machine for hops, ii. 12 



Summer birds of passage, i. 87 ; short- 

 winged, i. 33, 113, 115, 153 ; list of, 

 i. 53, 80 ; soft-billed, i. 120 



Sun, red, i. 289 



Sunbury-on- Thames, i. 44 



Sun dew, round leaved, i. 226 



Sundial in White's garden, ii. 7 



Superstiiion of country people, i. 198, 

 ii. 50 



Sussex downs, i. 113, 151 ; iron railings 

 from, round St. Paul's Cathedral, ii. 

 19 



Swallows, i. 101, 161, 173, 251 ; young, 

 appearance of, i. 28 ; hatchings of, i. 

 28 ; hyberuation of, i. 28, 40, 120, 

 133, 154, 156, 160, 251, 269 ; drink 

 flying, i. 37 ; flocks of, i. 40, 44 ; on 

 the Thames, i. 40, 44 ; late, i. 40, 92, 

 159 ; migration of, i. 40, 74, 130, 

 140, 159, 163, 184; congregation of, 

 i. 74, 159 ; late, at Oxford, i. 74 ; 

 house, i. 74, 155, 184, ii. 14 ; increase 

 of, i. 94 ; and frosts, i. 103, 105 ; 

 feeding young on the wing, i. 110, 

 ii. 96 ; and swilts, supposed rivalry 

 between, i. Ill ; late, i. 133 ; food of, 

 i. 142, 158 ; lice of, i. 142 ; washing 

 while flying, i. 144, 145, 158 ; early, i. 

 155 ; uidification of, i. 156 ; eggs of, 

 i. 157 ; song of, i.158 ; tail of, i. 160, 

 167 ; and hawks, i. 181 ; appearance 

 of, i. 184 ; going under water in win- 

 ter, i. 210 ; appearing in hot weather, 

 i. 211 ; chimney (see Swallow, house) 

 fond of water, i. 269 



