hNDEX. 



283 



Hay, crops of, method of saving, 



25. 

 Hazel-tree, how liable to decay, 



90. 



Hedge-hog, the, 96. 

 Hellebore, 52 its medicinal 



uses, ibid. 



Helvetia, the mitred, 87. 

 Holly-trees, 247. 

 Hornet, the, 227. 

 Horse, instance of the longevity 



of one, 127. 

 Hummingbird, hawk-moth, the, 



197. 



Hummings in the air, 250. 

 Hydnum fungus, the beautiful 



floriform, 87. 



Ice, cause of its swimming in- 

 stead of sinking, 271. 



Industry, profitable fruits of, to 

 an agricultural laborer, 19. 



Insects entrapped by the snap- 

 dragon, 61 destroyed by the 

 sun-dew, ibid by the dogs- 

 bane with great suffering, ibid. 

 paths of, on leaves, 77 

 their manner of puncturing, 

 81 consumption of, by birds, 

 124 but little attended to or 

 studied, 190 chrysalis of, 

 191 speedy methods of kill- 

 ing them, 264 best mode of 

 preserving specimens, 265. 



Insensibility to pain, striking in 

 stance of, 17, 



Ivy, 64. 



Jack Snipe. See Snipe. 

 Jay, the, 133. 



Kite, the, its numbers greatly 

 on the decline, 158 extraor- 

 dinary capture of a number, 

 158. 



Labor of the peasantry in the 

 author's village, profits of, 19. 



Ladv- 



idy-bird note of a song-thrush, 



Language of birds, 185. 



Laurel-tree, the, 89. 



Leasing. See Gleaning. 



Life, duration of, 126. 



Lily, blossoms of, indicative of 

 old of the price of wheat, 174. 



Lime, 12 nature and uses of, 

 13 its abundance, ibid for- 

 mation and origin of, ibid. 

 analysis of, 15 residences 

 upon its soil supposed to be 

 healthy, 17. 



Limekiln, frightful consequen- 

 ces of a traveller's sleeping 

 on one, 17. 



Linnet, the, 112. 



Longevity. See Life. 



Magpie, the, 132. 



Manure, picking it from grass 

 lands for corn lands, a bad 

 practice, 40. 



Maple tree, 79 the under sides 

 of the leaves of, a beautiful 

 microscopic object, 80. 



Marten cat, the, 95. 



Maypoles, now seldom seen, 

 246. 



Migration of birds, 110. 145. 



Mistletoe, 71. 



Moles, 104 their sense of 

 smelling, 106 rankness of 

 their flesh, 108. 



Moreil, the stinking, 92 the 

 esculent, 94. 



Moth, the ghost, 192 the hawk, 

 197 the yellow under- wing, 

 200 the gamma, 201 the 

 goat, 202 the death's-head, 

 222 the ermine, 243. 



Mouse, the harvest, 99 the 

 water, 101 the common, 151 

 the meadow, and long-tail- 

 ed, ibid. 



Natural affection, 133. 



