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INDEX 



crease of, 108 ; and frosts, 112, 

 113; feeding young on the wing, 

 75 ; and swifts, supposed rivalry 

 between, 115; late, 128; food 

 of, 148; lice of, 135; washing 

 while flying, 85, 148 ; early, 

 145 ; nidification of, 145; eggs 

 of, 1 46 ; song of, 1 48 ; tail of, 

 87, 148; and hawks, 158; 

 appearance of, 162; appearing 

 in hot weather, 186; chimney 

 (see Swallow, house) fond of 

 water, 233. 



Swans, 88 ; migration of, 122. 



Sweden, birds of, 90. 



Swifts, hybernation of, 26; early 

 migration of, 66, 159; great 

 white-bellied, 77, 160; note of, 

 125, 160; staying late, 82; ap- 

 pearance of, 86; or black martin, 

 155; nidification of, 155; pro- 

 pagation of, 159; food of, 157, 

 158, 161; and hawks, 158; 

 young of, 158, 161; colour of, 



159 ; fleas of, 160, 223 ; feet of, 



1 60 ; in London, 1 60 ; similar 

 to cuckoo in formation, 180; 

 pairing every year in same num- 

 ber, 195; late breeding, 223; 

 late departure of, 224. 



Sycamore, 439. 



Sylvia loquax, lesser willow wren, 

 49 ; trochilus, larger willow 

 wren, 49 ; curruca, lesser white 

 throat, 233. 



Tadpoles, 44. 

 Tails, of woodpecker, 203. 

 Tameness, natural, of birds, 84, 107. 

 Taming of animals, etc., 54. 

 Tanners' Wood, 342. 

 Tanyard at Selborne Priory, 342. 

 Teals, 23, 29, 86, 133. 

 Tench, 22. 



" Tenpenny nails in the walls," 1 1. 

 Thames, frozen over, 246. 

 Thaws, 246, 445 ; caused by 

 underground vapours, 242. 



Thermometers, use of, 249. 



Thrush, the, 39 ; food of, 39, 408 ; 

 nidification of, 409 ; killed by 

 frost, 247. 



Thrush, missel, 32; fierceness of, 

 163; fight with a magpie, 163 ; 

 food of, 409. 



Thunderstorms, rarity of, at Sel- 

 borne, 253. 



Tiles first used for roofs, 341. 



Timber, good soil for, 5 ; in Holt 

 Forest, 24 ; chestnut, 440. 



Tipula (Long-legs), 185, 433. 



Titlark, or tree-pipit, 107, 117; 

 feeding in winter, 407 ; singing, 

 85 ; at night, 108. 



Titmouse, song of, 89 ; great, 89 ; 

 food of, 92 ; bill of, 92 ; blue, 

 92 ; great blackheaded, 92 ; 

 long-tailed, 92; marsh, 92; 

 pulling straws from eaves, 92, 

 242. 



Toads, breeding of, 43 ; venom of, 

 43 ; tame, 44, 54 ; man swallow- 

 ing a, 44; as a cure for cancer, 



48, 53- 

 Tombs in Selborne Church, 265, 



267. 



Toothwort, 200, 393. 

 Tortoise, land, 117, 130, 221; 



hybernation of, 117, 130, 144, 



1 86, 221; food of, 1 1 7 ; age of, 



1 1 8 ; feeding before rain, 1 29 ; 



instinct of, 352. 

 Travelling mountains, 209. 

 Tree beetles, 124. 

 Trees, order of losing their leaves, 



43 7 j size and growth, 437; 



flowing of sap, 438. 

 Trees and forests, effect of, on 



rainfall, 1 76 ; perfect alembics, 



175; killed by frost, 243, 249; 



in churchyards, 273. 

 Tringa hypoleucus(see Sandpiper), 50. 

 Trotton Church, 390. 

 Trout (trutta fluviatilis), 29. 

 Truffles, 201, 443. 

 Tunbridge, 343. 



