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INDEX. 



Page. 

 Missel thrush .. 25, 82, 86, 137-8, 261 



Mist, called London fog 304 



Mistiness in the air 257 



Moles 104, 249 



Mole cricket 224 



Moor-hen 213 



Moose deer 87, 90 



Motheater (fern owl or goatsucker) 72, 

 74, 99, 106, 191, 212, 214, 273 



Mountain hare 82 



Mouse, common or house 106 



,, grass 26 



harvest 32, 39, 105 



jumper, or field 26, 149, 238 



short-tailed field 26 



Mufflin, rose Ill 



Music, effects of 239 



Nautili (fossil) 7 



Newts 53, 54, 62, 67 



Night singing birds 121 



Nightingale 104, 141 



Nightjar 72, 74, 99,106, 191, 212, 214,273 



Noctule bat 30, 73, 149 



Nose-fly 289 



Noxious insects 94 



Nuthatch 49, 238 



Oaks 3, 5, 21,22, 297 



Oak moth (tortrix viridana) .... 287 



CEstrusbovis 273 



cumicawla 96, 289 



nasalis 289 



Oriole, golden 139 



Osprey 101 



Otter 90 



Ousel, ring 34, 67, 69, 71, 75, 80, 82, 



91, 99, 100, 102, 159 



Owl, brown 29,30,142,151,214,263 



white, or barn 30, 89, 150, 211,214 



eagle 82 



Partial frost 303 



Partridges . . 13, 89, 133, 148, 266, 269 



Peafowl 97,215,266 



Peregrine falcon 31 , 241 



Pern 133,263 



Petrifactions 6 



Pettychaps genus . . 26, 30, 46, 48, 63 



-darkfooted.orchiffchaff 65,273 



grove, or sibilant 25, 63, 88 



song, or willow wren 64 



,, suspected 239 



Pheasants 266 



Pied fly-catcher 109 



Pigeons 212 



cushet, wood, or ring-dove 212 



rock 115 



stock 101, 114 



Pipistrelle bat 30, 73, 1 49 



Pipit genus 261 



common, or meadow (called 



" titlark" at p. 261) 25, 213, 261 



great 262 



shore or rock 213,262 



, tree (called " titlark " in the 

 letters) 103 125,126,141,213,262 



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 Plants in the vicinity of Selborne 208 



Plestor 4 



Poplar, galls of 298 



Population of Selborne 10 



Portugal laurels endure severe 



frost 249 



Poultry 214-15, 251, 262, 265 



Ptarmigan genus 14 



Pulveratrices 133 



Quails 9, 37 



Rabbits 17, 129, 280 



Rain ^4g 



Raven 5, 148, 211 



Red-backed or flusher shrike 66, 101 



Redbreast 106, 126, 128, 142 



Red'deer, stag, or hart 14, 23 



Redstart, common, or white fronted 

 30, 48, 105, 108, 131, 262 



black 105 



Redwing thrush 25, 82,129, 138, 249,261 



Reed bunting, or reed sparrow 129, 



131, 136 



Reedling genus 76 



,, fen, or reed wren 99 



,, sedge (lesser reed-spar. 



row of White) 76, 80, 83, 

 104, 125, 131 



Renovation of leaves 298 



Reptiles ." 51 



British 57 



Ring ousel 34, 67, 69, 71, 75, 80, 82, 91, 

 99, 100, 102, 159 



,. pigeon, or ring-dove 212 



River bullhead, or miller's thumb 29 



Robin 106, 126, 128, 142 



Rock pigeon H5 



Rooks . . 145, 211, 214, 245, 251, 263-4 



,, white 42 



Rose mufflin, or long-tailed tit . . Ill 



Ruff 14 



Rupture ash : 187 



Rush candles 183 



Rust balls 8 



Sand martin 167, 177, 212, 275 



Sandpiper, common 65 



Scallop shells, fossil 7 



Scarabfeus (or melolontha) falls . . 7 



Scorbutic affection 199 



Sedge reedling 76, 80, 83, 104, 125, 131 



Seeds lying dormant 301 



Selborne streams 3 



Sheep 280 



breeds of 158 



Short-winged migratory birds 35, 38, 

 50, 93, 134, 159, 262 



Showers of frogs 53 



Shrew ash 187-8 



Shrews 187 



,, water 83 



Shrike, ash-coloured, or sentinel 101 

 flusher, or redbacked 66, 101 



rufus, or woodchat 81 



Siberian plants 24S 



Sibilant, or grove pettychaps 25, 63, 88 



