INDEX 



Aberdavines, 1 18. 



Acclimatizing plants and animals, 



197. 



Aenanthus (see Wheatear). 

 Aenas (see Woodpigeon). 

 Affection among animals, 130, 149, 



161. 



Africa, migration of birds to, 77. 

 Air, elastic at midnight, 192. 

 Alauda pratensis, rearing young 



cuckoo, 1 1 6, 123. 

 Alice Holt Forest, 23, 290; fallow 



deer in, 20, 24 ; leased by the 



Crown, 23 ; soil of, 24; timber 



in, 25. 

 Alton, hollow lane leading to, 1 1 ; 



manufactures of, 15. 

 American animals, origin of, 60 ; 



junipers, 243. 

 Amphibious animals, 72. 

 Anathoth, an, 194, 239. 

 Ancient burying-ground, 351. 

 Andalusia, birds of, 66, 123 ; stone 



curlew in, 78. 

 Anguilla (see Eel). 

 Anguis fragilis (see Blind Worm). 

 Animals eating their young, 132. 

 Anne, Queen, in Wolmer Forest, 



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Antelope, double nostril of, 37. 

 Antipathy of birds and animals to 



their young, 132, 196. 

 'AvruTTopyrj of birds, 196. 

 Ants, 433. 

 Aphides (smother flies), shower of, 



226, 251. 



April, remarkably inclement, 113. 



Aquaria for fishes, 228. 



Aquatic plants, 199. 



Arum, the cuckoo pint, 39 ; thrush 

 feeding on the roots of, 39. 



Arun, River, the, 5. 



Ash tree, 439 ; superstitions con- 

 cerning, 174. 



Ashford, last Prior of Selborne, 330. 



Ash-shrew, 174. 



Asses ploughing, 162. 



August, the mute month, 88. 



Augustine Canons, 280. 



Auk, little, 86. 



Aurora Borealis, 447. 



Bacon-fly, 79. 



Bank-martin (see Sand martin). 

 Bank-swallow (see Sand martin). 

 Baptist, St. John, the little finger 



of, 318. 



Barometers, 240, 445. 

 Barragons, manufacture of, 15. 

 Batfowlers, catching birds, 68. 

 Bats, 30, 420 ; appearance of, in 



warm weather, 187, 419 ; hyber- 



nation of, 419 ; tame, 30 ; food 



of, 30; drink flying, 30; little, 66; 



breeding of, 8 1 ; anatomy of, 8 1 . 

 Bat, great, new species of, 56 ; food 



of, 67. 



Bean's pond, 21. 

 Bears in Hampshire, 259. 

 Beasts and birds, taming of, 54. 

 Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, 



311; register of, 311. 



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