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INDEX. 



Natural history little attended 

 to, 41. 



Naturalist, pleasing occupations 

 of the, 83. 



Nature,designs of, 204 changes 

 in, 221 tendencies of, to pro- 

 duce, 277. 



Nests of birds, 121, 122. 



Newt, the common, 215 a 

 small shell-fish often attached 

 to its toes, ibid. 



Nidularia, the bell-shaped, 94. 



Nightingale, the, less common 

 than heretofore, 138 croak- 

 ing of, 188. 



Nosegays, 57. 



Oak tree, description of one, 42 

 several of extraordinary 

 magnitude, 43, 45 the oak 

 less fruitful now than former- 

 ly, 44 its value, from its va- 

 rious uses, 46. 



Oat grass, 70. 



Pain, instance of insensibility 



to, 17. 



Passerine birds, 172. 

 Peacock butterfly (note), 200. 

 Peewit, the, 179. 

 Phallus. See Morell. 

 Pick-a-bud, name given to the 



bullfinch, 114. 

 Pimpernel, the, a prognosticator 



of fine weather, 174. 

 Plants, blossoms of, 52 names 



given to them of old, from 



their supposed qualities, 68 



pores o 82 decomposition 



of, 89. 



Pollarding trees, 267. 

 Polypi of the coral, 15. 

 Poor, employment of the, 18. 

 Poplar tree, 57. 

 Potato, culture of the, 26 sorts, 



27 profits, 28 effects of, on 



soils, 30 history of, ibid. 



value of, as food, 35. 



Prognostications of wind and 



weather. See Wind and 



Weather. 



Providence, inattention to, 234. 

 Puff, the gray, 87 the turreted, 



93 the stellated, 94. 

 Rapacious birds, 171. 

 Rats, migration of, 101 other 



particulars of, 151. 

 Raven, the, 125. 

 Redwing, 180. 

 Reeking of the earth, 269. 

 Robin, the, 115. 

 Roman encampment, 9 roads, 



10. 

 Rook, the, 128 its affection, 



129 sagacity, 130 appears 



to be decreasing in numbers, 



138. 

 Rose, the white moss, 238 (note), 



the wild, 263. 

 Royal forest, indications of 



in Gloucestershire, 11. 



Seasons, variableness of, 145 



effect of, 240. 

 Sex, increase of, in 1825, 102, 



note. 

 Shrew, the water, 102 the 



common, 113 new species 



of, 104. 



Shrike. See Butcher-bird. 

 Sinking of the earth, 252. 

 Sky-lark, the, 184. 

 Smelling, question of the sense 



of, in birds, 132. 

 Smokewood, sticks of the wild 



clematis so called, 82. 

 Snail, the common, 228 the 



banded, 231 the halotideus, 



238. 



Snakes, eggs of, 208 harmless- 

 ness of, 209 general aversion 



to, 210. 

 Snapdragon, peculiarities o 60 



an insect trap, ibid. 62. 

 Snipe, the jack, its habits, 176 



supposed the male of the larger 



snipe, 178. 



