INDEX 



321 



welfare of the agricultural labourer, 

 237 ; an advocate of temperance in 

 eating and drinking, 238 ; on the 

 benefit of a vegetarian diet, 240; 

 his interest in elementary education, 

 241 ; on free education, 245 ; atti- 

 tude on the subject of sport, 248 ; 

 opposed to the system of modern 

 battue-shooting, 252 ; and to fox- 

 hunting, 255 ; contributions to the 

 Naturalist, 261 ; succeeds his 

 brother as editor of that journal, 

 263; on the habits of the Rook, 

 265 ; devotion to the study of en- 

 tomology, 272 ; his catalogue of 

 British insects, 274 ; ceaseless in- 

 dustry, 277 ; effects the restoration 

 of his parish church, 280; death 

 of Mrs. Morris, 287 ; forms the 

 Plumage League, 296 ; granted 

 a Civil List pension, 299 ; illness, 

 299 ; failing powers, 303 ; last piece 

 of literary work, 305 ; death and 

 burial, 308 



Morris, Mrs. F. O. , her amiable char- 

 acter, 23 ; rearranges the music 

 service at Nunburnholme, 54 ; 

 meets with an accident, 286; her 

 death, 287 



Morris, Admiral Henry Gage (father 

 of Mr. Morris), stationed at Cork, 

 i ; joins the navy at the age of six, 

 6 ; nature of his services on board 

 the Jalouse, 8 ; a strict discipli- 

 narian, 9 



Morris, Laura (daughter of Mr. 

 Morris), her devotion to her father, 

 287, 307 



Morris, Roger (grandfather of Mr. 

 Morris), actively engaged in Ame- 

 rica, i ; marries Mary Philipse, 3 ; 

 strange episode at the wedding 

 ceremony, 4; in active service 

 under General Wolfe, 4 ; attainted 

 of treason and his property con- 

 fiscated, 5 ; his death, 6 



Morris, Mrs. Roger, the original of 

 the heroine of Fenimore Cooper's 



" The Spy," 4 ; attainted of treason 

 and her property confiscated, 5 ; 

 her death, 6 



Mount-Temple, Lady, instrumental 

 in forming the Plumage League, 

 296, 298 



Mount-Temple, Lord, his interest in 

 the Plumage League, 298 



Muckleston, Rowland (afterwards 

 Rector of Dinedor), 20 



Muncaster, Lord, contributes towards 

 the expense of restoring Nunburn- 

 holme parish church, 280 



Musgrave, Archbishop, offers Mr. 

 Morris the Rectorship of Nunburn- 

 holme, 39 



Musgrave, George A., originates the 

 Selborne Society, 298 



Musgrave, Mrs. G. A., assists in 

 forming the Selborne Society, 298 



NAFFERTON, East Riding, Mr. Morris 

 presented to the living of, 25 ; its 

 value, 26 



"Natural History of British Butter- 

 flies," character of its production, 

 89; Mr. Morris's delight in its 

 composition, 94; its popularity, 

 96; revision of the proof-sheets of 

 the seventh edition the author's 

 last piece of literary work, 305 



"Natural History of the Nests and 

 Eggs of British Birds," character 

 of the work, 88 ; its sale, 89 



Newman, Professor F. W., on vivi- 

 section, 225, 227 



Newman-, John Henry, cited, 130 



Newton, Isaac, cited .for his stringent 

 hold to experimental truth, 294 



Newton, J. G., of Millaton Bridestow, 

 his specimen of the Bustard, 268 



New York evacuated by British 

 troops, 5 



Nightingale, its advent at Nunburn- 

 holme, 177 



Nimmo, John C., publishes the third 

 edition of Mr. Morris's " History 

 of British Birds," 88 ; and the 



