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INDEX. 



of, unvarying, 271 plea- 

 sure afforded by, to man, 

 276 For the different 

 kinds, see their respective 

 English names. 



Blackbird, song of the, 275. 



Blackcap, the, 230. 



Blight, 347 some trees not 

 affected by, 348 manner 

 in which this insect propa- 

 gates itself, ibid. whence 

 derived, uncertain, 350 

 saline winds a supposed 

 cause of, 375. 



Bombilius, the, 310. 



Bones of horses and human 

 beings dug up, conjecture 

 respecting, 4. 



Bouquets, wearing of, not in 

 use, 74. 



Bramble, the common, almost 

 an evergreen, 105 lines 

 on its leaves, 106 its uses, 

 107. 



Bull-finch, the, 159. 



Bunting, peculiar practice of 

 the, 252. 



Burnet, conjecture as to its 

 lasting verdure, 84. 



Butcher-bird, the, 192. 



Butterfly, the sulphur, 1 00 

 the argus, 285 the phlaeas, 

 286 the azure, 287 the 

 painted lady, 290 the 

 marble, 291 the meadow 

 brown, ibid. 



Caloric, effects of, on bodies, 



400. 



Chaffinch, the, 164. 

 Changes in nature, 324. 

 Cheese, cheap kind of, 21. 



Christmassing, 364, 



Chrysalides of insects, 279. 



Chrysalis, singular one, 272. 



Cleanliness of animals, 322. 



Clematis, the wild, 112 

 sticks of, used by boys for 

 smoking, 112, 113. 



Clocks, name given to the 

 great dorr beetle, 319. 



Cockchaffer, 323. 



Coins dug out of the earth, 3. 



Colour, probably reflected 

 light, 79. 



Coral polypi, 10, 11. 



Crossbill, the, 182. 



Cruelty, a vice of the igno- 

 rant, 135. 



Dandelion, the, 101. 



Day's eye, the, 101. 



Death's-head moth, 326. 



Digestion, power of, in birds, 

 211. 



Dog, usefulness of, to man, 

 222. 



Dogsbane destructive to in- 

 sects, 81. 



Dry-rot, the, 122. 



Dyers, capricious in their art, 



77- 



Dyers' broom, 76 gathering 

 of, 77 uses of, 78 dyers' 

 weed, 98. 



Earthworm, the common,340. 



Elm tree, the wych, a singu- 

 larly beautiful one, 58 

 value of, 59 uses of, ibid. 

 soon decays, 6,1 leaves 

 of the elm marked with 

 plague spots, 124. 



Empiricism, 346. 





