INDEX. 



281 



Swans, i. 167 ; migration of, i. 121 ; 

 breeding place at Norwich, ii. 122 ; 

 how to cook, ii. 123 



Sweden, birds of, i. 173 



Swift, hibernation of, i. 28 ; early 

 migration of, i. 92, 181 ; great white- 

 bellied, i. 116, 183 ; note of, i. 128, 

 182 ; staying late, i.131 ; appearance 

 of, i. 144, ii. 62 ; or black martin, 

 i. 177 ; uidification of, i. 177, 178 ; 

 propagation of, i. 178 ; food of, i. 

 179, 180, 183 ; ami hawks i. 180 ; 

 young of, i. 180, 183 ; colour of, i. 

 181 ; flens of, i. 182, 258 ; feet, of, 

 i. 1S2 ; in London, i. 183 ; similarto 

 cuckoo in formation, i. 2P4 ; pairing 

 every year in same number, i. 222 ; 

 late breeding, i. 258 ; late departure 

 of, i. 258 



Swifts, i. 36, 92 



Sylvia loquax, lesser willow wren, i. 

 61 ; trochilus larger willow wren, i. 

 61 ; sibilatrix smallest willow wren, 

 i. 61 ; curruca lesser white throat, i. 

 269 



T. 



Tadpoles, i. 55 



Tails, of woodpecker, i. 229, ii. 90 ; 

 rat, ii. 36 ; horse, long, ii. 125 



Tameness, nntural, of birds, i. 89, 135 



Taming of animals, &c., i. 68, ii. 59 



Tanners' Wood, ii. 238 



Tanyard at Selborne Priory, ii. 238 



Teals, i. 23, 36, 140, 145 



Teeth of rabbits, ii. 25 



Tench, i. 22 



Tenderness, natural, of birds, i. 89,135 



Tender shrubs, how planted, i. 298 



" Tenpenny nails in the walls," i. 10, 

 ii. 9 



Thames, frozen over, i. 283 ; curiosities 

 found in the, ii 20 



Thaws, i. 283 ; caused by underground 

 vapours, i. 279 



Thermometers, nse of, i. 286 



Thrush, the, i. 49, ii. 69 ; food of, i. 

 49, 185 ; breeding of, i. 76 ; nidilie;i- 

 tion of, i. 186 ; killed by frost, i. 

 J7S. 284 ; egg of, ii. 68 



Thrush, Missel, i. 38, 90, ii. 69 ; fierce- 

 ness of, i. 185 ; fight with a magpie, 

 i. 185, 186 ; food of, i. 186 ; egg of, 

 ii. 69 ; nest of, made with paper, ii. 

 70 



Thunderstorms, rarity of, at Selborne, 

 i. 290 



Tiles first used for roofs, ii. 237 



Timber, good soil for, i. 4 ; in Holt 

 Forest, i. 26 



VOL. II. 



Tipula (Long-legs), i. 210 



Titlark, or tree-pipit, i. 93, 113, ii. 74 ; 

 feeding in winter, i. 33 ; singing, i. 

 144 ; at night, i. 94 



Titmouse, song of, i. 170 ; great, i. 

 170; food of, i. 175; bill of, i. 175 ; 

 blue, i. 176 ; great blackheaded, i. 

 176 ; lone-tailed, i. 176 ; marsh, i. 

 176 ; pulling straws from eaves, i. 

 176, 278 



Toads, breeding of, i. 54 ; venom of, i. 

 54 ; tame, i. 54, 68 ; man swallowing 

 a, i. 59 ; as a cure for cancer, i. 59, 

 66, ii. 50 



Tombs, i. 21 ; in Selborne church, ii. 

 161, 166 



Tongue of woodpecker, ii. 91 



Toothwort, i. 226 



Tortoise, land, i. 113, 137, 249, ii. 6 ; 

 hybernation of, i. 113, 137, 155, 211, 

 249 ; food of, i. 114 ; age of, i. 114; 

 feeding before rain, i. 137 ; instinct 

 of, i. 250 ; tenacity of life in the, i. 

 251 ; structure of, ii. 110, 111 



Travelling mountains, i. 237 



Tree beetles, i. 123 



Trees and forests, effect of, on rain- 

 fall, i. 200, ii. 132; perfect alembics, 

 i. 200 ; killed by irost, i. 280, 285, 

 286 ; in churchyards, ii. 72 



Trenches, ancient, at Selborne, ii. 259 



Tringa. hypolencus (see Sandpiper), i. 62 



Trout, i. 35 ; breeding at Selborne, ii. 14 



Truffles, i. 227 



Tumuli at Selborne, ii. 257 



Timbridge, ii. 239 



Turdus torquatus (see Ring ouzel) ; jiil- 

 aris (see Fieldfare) 



Turkey, gizzard of, power of, ii. 66 



Turnip fly, i. 125 



Tusk of elephant, growth of, and in- 

 juries to, ii. 26 



Tustan, or St. John's wort, ii. 18 



V. 



ycoccos (cranberry) ; <///- 



tillus (bilberry), i. 226 

 Vase found at Selborne Priory, ii. 244 ; 



Chapel field, ii. 253, 254 

 Verdure of trees, late, i. 123 

 Vespertilio murinus (bat), i. 36 ; an- 



rihts, (long-eared bat), i. 36 ; allim- 



lans (large bat), i. 129 

 Vegetable caterpillar of New Zealand, 



ii. 143 



Vegetables as a diet, i. 215 

 Vegetation, i. 224 

 Venison, varieties of, ii. 23 







