INDEX. 



283 



limits of, i. '21 ; scarcity of trees in, 

 i. 22 ; leased by the crown, i. 25 ; 

 soil of, i. 25 ; boars and buffaloes in, 

 i. 26 ; derivation of name, ii. 51 ; 

 when formed, ii. 1.17 : Sir A. Gurdon, 

 M of, ii. 188 



\Yolmer Lake, i. IS, 22, ii. 12, 252 ; 

 size of, i. 33 ; coins found in, i. 24 



Wolvemerc (.we \Volmer Lake) 



Wolves in Hampshire, ii. 31, 153 ; Scot- 

 land and Wales, ii. 31 



Woodborers, ii. 14 



Woodcocks, i. 12, ii. 96 ; stomach of, 

 i. 94; carrying their young, i. 110, 

 ii. 96 ; migration of, i. 122, ii. 110 ; 

 breeding in England, i. 118 ; in Aus- 

 tria, i. 119 ; migration at night, i. 

 121 ; occasional sluggishness of, i. 

 122, 12! ; food of, ii. 96 



Woodpecker, spotted, i. 53 ; flight of, i. 

 .M4 ; anatomy of, Ii. 89 



W Ipigcon, i. 123, 253, 254; migra- 

 tion of, i. 123, 144, 255 ; wild, i. 

 253 ; food of, i. 255 



Wood, fossil, i. 14 ; lark, i. 101, ii. 83 ; 

 song of, i. 168 ; eggs and nest of, ii. 



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Worms, earth, i. 210; use of, i. 210; 



hermaphrodites, i. 211; blind (.< 



Blind worm) 

 Wourali poison, ii. 140 



Wren, i. 93, 101, ii. 81 ; golden-crr-i, ,1. 

 i. 36, 53, 62, 174 ; lameness of, i. >'.< ; 

 song of, i. 170; food of, i. 174; wil- 

 low, ii. 48; wood, ii. 48, 49: eggs 

 of, ii. 49 ; nest of, ii. 49, 81 ; n.-t 

 of, built between two stoats, ii. 82 



Wryneck, i. 174, ii. 126 ; egg and nest 

 of, ii. 126 



Wjvh elms, i. 5, ii. 17 ; hazel, i. 5 



Wykcham, William of, i. 163 ; rebuild- 

 ing Winchester Cathedral, ii. ] 59 : 

 Bishop of Winchester, visitation of. 

 ii. 201 ; character of, ii. 208 



Wynchcster, John, elected as Prior, ii. 

 209 



Y. 



Yellow-hammer, i. 93, ii. 74 ; song of, 

 i. 101, ii. 74 



Yellow wort, i. 226 



Yew tree, birds feeding on, i. 38 : an- 

 cient, in Selborne Churchyard, ii. Si, 

 170; berries fatal to animals, ii. 41, 

 170 ; leaves of, very injurious to rat- 

 tle, ii. 41 ; difference between males 

 and females, ii. 170 ; not injurious to 

 sheep and turkeys, ii. 171 



g, the, ii. 10 



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