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INDEX 



seventh edition of his "Natural 

 History of British Butterflies," 306 



Northumberland, Duke of, takes 

 charge of the Bill for the protection 

 of sea-birds, 146 ; cited for existing 

 condition of land tenure, 234 



Nunburnholme, the Rectorship ' of, 

 accepted by Mr. Morris, 39 ; char- 

 acter of the place, 40 ; the church, 

 43 ; the Rectory-house, 47 ; the 

 village, 54; restoration of the 

 church, 280 



ORPEN, Rev. FRANCIS (grandfather 

 of Mr. Morris), 7 



Orpen, Rebecca Newnham Millard 

 (afterwards Mrs. Henry Gage 

 Morris), 6 



Owl, Tawny, description of its per- 

 secution, 84 



Oxeye, or Great-Tit, its song de- 

 scribed, 78 



Oxford University, changes at, since 

 1829, 17 ; "Little Go " and " Great 

 Go," 18 



PARTRIDGE, Messrs., publishers, 66 



Peel, Sir Robert, cited, 132 



Petrel, Stormy, its flight described, 



92 



Philipse, Frederick, Lord of Phillips- 

 burg, 2 



Philipse, Mary, meets George Wash- 

 ington in New York, 2. See Morris, 

 Mrs. Roger. 



Pliny's "Natural History," anecdote 

 of Mr. Morris's examination in, 20 



Plover, Golden, its song described, 

 81 



Plumage League, the object of its 

 formation, 296; its relationship 

 with the Selborne Society, 298 



" Politics for the People," character 

 of the work, 304 



Pritchard, Professor, opposed to Dar- 

 winism, 295 



Ptarmigan, description of its home, 

 83 



QUEEN, her Majesty the, accepts 

 the dedication of the " History 

 of British Birds," 90 



Quebec taken by General Wolfe, 4 



READ, Rev. GEORGE RUDSTON, en- 

 tomologist, 178 



Read, W. H. Rudston, captures a 

 Swallow-Tail Butterfly, 180 



" Records of Animal Sagacity and 

 Character," its remarkable preface, 



156 



Robinson, Colonel Beverley, 2 

 Robinson, Mrs. Beverley, 2, 3 ; at- 

 tainted of high treason, 6 

 Rooks, their habits described, 265 

 Round, O. S. , a correspondent of Mr. 



Morris, 87 



Ruskin, John, his opposition to vivi- 

 section, 230 



ST. QUENTIN, Colonel, 30 



Sanders, Anne (Mrs. F. O. Morris), 



22. S'ee Morris, Mrs. F. O. 

 Sanders, Charles, 23 

 Scott, G. Gilbert, jun., restores the 



parish church at Nunburnholme, 



S3- 280 



Scott, Sir Walter, cited, 125, 131 

 Sea-Birds Act, passing of the, 149 

 Sea-birds, agitation in favour of their 



protection, 140 

 Sedgwick, Professor, 87 

 Selborne Society, its formation, 298 

 Selborne, Lord, his interest in Mr. 



Morris's " Humanity Series of 



Schoolbooks," 172 ; opposed to 



Darwinism, 293, 295 

 Sewell, William (afterwards Professor 



of Moral Philosophy), 19 

 Shirley, General, 2 

 Short, Augustus, examiner at Oxford, 



19 



Skylark, its flight and song described, 



132 



Smiles, Samuel, cited for his "Life of 

 Thomas Edward, the Naturalist," 

 182 



