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INDEX. 



dogsbane with great suffer, 

 ing, ibid. paths of, on 

 leaves, 106 their manner 

 of puncturing, 111 con- 

 sumption of, by birds, 177 

 but little attended to or 

 studied, 278 chrysalis of, 

 279 speedy methods of 

 killing them, 390 best 

 mode of preserving speci- 

 mens, 392. 



Insensibility to pain, striking 

 instance of, 13. 



Ivy, 85. 



Jack snipe. See Snipe. 

 Jay, the, 190. 



Kite, the, its numbers greatly 

 on the decline, 229 extra- 

 ordinary capture of a num. 

 ber, 230. 



Labour of the peasantry in 

 the author's village, profits 

 of, 1C. 



Lady-bird note of a song- 

 thrush, 275. 



Language of birds, 271. 



Laurel tree, the, 123. 



Leasing. See Gleaning. 



Life, duration of, 180. 



Lily, blossoms of, indicative 

 of old of the price of wheat, 

 254. 



Lime, 6 nature and uses of, 

 7 its abundance, 8 form- 

 ation and origin of, ibid 



analysis of, 11 residences 

 upon its soil supposed to 

 be healthy, 14. 



Limekiln, frightful conse- 



quences of a traveller's 

 sleeping on one, 13. 



Linnet, the, 158. 



Longevity. See Life. 



Magpie, the, 189. 



Manure, picking it from grass 

 lands for corn lands a bad 

 practice, 48. 



Maple tree, 108 the under 

 sides of the leaves of, a 

 beautiful microscopic ob- 

 ject, 109. 



Marten cat, the, 133. 



Maypoles, now seldom seen, 

 363. 



Migration of birds, 155, 210 



Mistletoe, 96. 



Moles, 146 their sense of 

 smelling, 149 rankness of 

 their flesh, 151. 



Morell, the stinking, 128 

 the esculent, 131. 



Moth, the ghost, 281 the 

 hawk, 288 the yellow uii- 

 der-wing, 292 the gam- 

 ma, 294 the goat, 295 

 the death's head, 326 the 

 ermine, 358. 



Mouse, the harvest, 139 the 

 Avater, 142 the common, 

 218 the meadow,and long- 

 tailed, ibid. 



Natural affection, 191. 



Natural history little attended 

 to, 50. 



Naturalist, pleasing occupa- 

 tions of the, 115. 



Nature, designs of, 299 

 changes in, 324 tenden- 

 cies of, to produce, 410. 



