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Throstle, desire for worms of the 



caged, 75-7 



Toad, the, as traveller, 84-9 ; con- 

 cert music and marriage customs, 



88-9 ; pleased to be caressed, 90 ; 



tongue and fly-catching of, 90-1 

 Traherne, the Herefordshire mystic, 



224 

 Tregarthen, J. C., anecdotes of fox 



and otters reared with hounds, 



132 

 Twitching muscle, mole, 228-31 ; 



dog, 228 ; horse, 229 ; man, 229- 



230 ; hare, 231 

 Tyndall and Hindhead, 1 

 Tyrant-bird, rapacious habits of a, 



97 



Vernal squill, first appearance of, 



327 



Viper, Vipera bents. See Adder 

 Vizcacha, account of the, 130 



Wasps, spiteful temper, 210-12 ; 

 brilliant colouring, 213 ; dia- 

 bolical instincts of, 214 

 Waterton, on heron's fishing, 93 

 White, Gilbert, on a tame snake, 



280 



Willughby, the ornithologist, 250 

 Wright, Sir Almroth, on our skin- 

 scraping habit, 338 



Youatt, on a strange dog supersti- 

 tion, 277 



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