INDEX. 



Vine, diseases of, i. 259 ; parasite of 

 the, i. 259 



Vicarage at Selborne, ii. 168 



Vicars of Selborue, list of, ii. 173 



Vinago (cow pigeon), i. 253 



Vinea minor (lesser periwinkle), i. 226 



Vipers, breeding, i. 54, 57, 205 ; oil as 

 remedy for poison of, i. 57 ; eggs of, 

 i. 57 ; food of, i. 57, ii. 135 ; in the 

 water, i. 57 ; swallowing their young, 

 i. 57, 205, ii. 133 ; young of, i. 205 ; 

 peacocks kill, ii. 107 ; skin of, ii. 

 135 ; poison of, ii. 136 ; how to catch, 

 ii. 138 



Virgil's description of stubble burning, 

 i. 20 ; bees, i. 145, 219 ; swallows, i. 

 156, ii. 119 



Visitation of Bishop of Winchester, ii. 

 202 



Visitatio Notdbilis, the, ii. 202 



Vitrified stone, i. 8 



Volcano in Norway, i. 289 



Vultures, i. 120, 292 ; and dogs associ- 

 ating, i. 292 



w. 



Wagtails, white, i. 42, 144, 174, ii. 

 45 ; motion of tail of, i. 168 ; food 

 of, i. 174 ; pied, ii. 45 ; four kinds, 

 ii. 45 ; grey, ii. 45 ; note of, ii. 45 ; 

 pugnacity of, ii. 45 ; yellow, ii. 45 



Waldon lodge, i. 21 



Waltham blacks, i. 16, 18, ii. 24 



Walwort, i. 227 



War between England and France, ii. 

 190 



Warbler, grasshopper ; sedge (see Wil- 

 low wren) 



Warrens at Selborne, ii. 226 



Wasps, i. 287 ; nests, i. 33 



Water, hard and soft, i. 3 



Water-fowl, i. 23 ; rat, i. 32, 91; snake, 

 i. 37 ; ouzel, i. 112 



Water at Selborne, i. 3 



Water-ouzel, i. 1 12, ii. 95 ; food of, ii. 96 



Water, cattle frequenting, i. 32 ; efts, 

 i. 55, 60 ; snake, i. 57 ; efts spawn in, 

 i. 60 ; fowl, wiugs and feet of, i. 83 ; 

 rat, i. 91 ; shrew mouse, i. 91, ii. 72 ; 

 hibernation of, i. 92 ; distilled from 

 trees, i. 100 ; condensed by fogs, &c., 

 i. 202 ; scarcity of, ii. 11 ; wheel, an- 

 cient, ii. 14 ; "bones," ii. 20 ; weed, 

 American, ii. 30 ; vole, ii. 34 ; rat, 

 white, ii. 35 ; reservoir, ii. 193 ; 

 pipes at Selborne ancient, ii. 237 



Waxwing (see Silk-tail) 



Waynflete, William of, Bishop of Win- 

 chester, ii. 215 



Weapons, ancient, found at Selborne, 

 ii. 254, 261 



Weasel, i. 43, 47, 167, ii. 45 



Weather, the, i. 103, 162, 186, 189, 211, 

 238, 277, 289, ii. 153 ; influencing 

 migration of birds, i. 118, 128 ; at 

 Plymouth, i. 275 



Weavers downs, i. 10 



Well-head, i. 2, ii. 14, 157 



Well, lizard found in, i. 64 



Wells, depth of, i. 3, ii. 10 



Wey river, the, i. 3, 27 



Whaildou Chapel, ii. 238 



Wheatear, i. 42, 113, 144, 154, ii. 45 ; 

 food of, i. 176 ; does not always mi- 

 grate, i. 43 ; migration of, ii. 45 



Wheat crops, i. 162 ; bread, use of, i. 

 215 



Whetham hills, i. 257 



Whinchat, i. 113, 144, 155, ii. 118 ; 

 food of, i. 176 



White malm, i. 4 ; rooks, i. 47, ii. 46 ; 

 larks, i. 48, 91 ; hares, i. 91 ; star- 

 lings, ii. 46 



White owls, increase of, ii. 65 



White, Gilbert, birth of, ii. 3 ; pro- 

 minent events in the life of, ii. 3 ; 

 house of, ii. 5, 8 ; curate of Farring- 

 don, ii. 9 ; tomb of, ii. 9 ; restores 

 Selbomo. Church, ii. 175 



Whitethroat, i. 101, 103, 154, 171, ii. 

 83 ; lesser, i. 269, ii. 84 ; note of, i. 

 171, 269 ; food of, i. 172 ; nest and 

 eggs of, ii. 83 



Widgeon, i. 23, 36 



Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester, ii. 

 15 



Whortle, or bilberry, i. 226 



Wild boars, in Wolmer Forest, i. 26 ; 

 Captain Salonis, ii. 32 ; in England, 

 ii. 33 ; fowls, i. 35, 140 ; geese, breed- 

 ing of, i. 91 ; ducks, i. 40, 143, ii. 13 



Willow-lark, i. 51, 61, 76, 85 ; three 

 kinds of, i. 51, 61, 76, 85; eating 

 fruit, i. 53 ; note of, i. 86, 94, 145 ; 

 sagacity of, i. 139 



Willow-wren, i. 49, 51, 52, 85, 103, 

 106, 269 



Willoughby, Mr., i. 44 



Winchester Cathedral rebuilt, ii. 159 



Windhover (see Kestrel) 



Windsor Forest, trees in, ii. 18 



Wings of birds hollow, i. 229 ; placed 

 too forward, i. 230 ; backward, i. 230 



Winter birds of passage, list of, i. 81, 87 



Witches, i. 198 



Wolmer Forest, i. 4, 14, ii. 19, 28, 188 ; 

 stone found in, i. 10 ; fossils found 

 in, i. 14 : wild-fowl in, i. 15 ; game 

 in, i. 15, 16 ; Queen Anne in, i. 16 ; 



