IttDEX. 



421 



Nests of birds, 172, 173. 



Newt, the common, 316 a 

 small shellfish often at- 

 tached to its toes, ibid. 



Nidularia, the bell-shaped, 

 132. 



Nightingale, the, less common 

 than heretofore, 198 

 croaking of, 275. 



Nosegays, 74. 



Oak tree, description of one, 

 52 several of extraordi- 

 nary magnitude, 54, 57 

 the oak less fruitful now 

 than formerly, 55 its va- 

 lue, from its various uses, 

 57- 



Oat grass, 95. 



Pain, instance of insensibility 

 to, 13. 



Passerine birds, 250. 



Peacock butterfly (note), 292. 



Peewit, the, 2GO. 



Phallus. See Morell. 



Pick-a.bud, name given to 

 the bull-finch, 161. 



Pimpernel, the, a prognosti- 

 cator of fine weather, 254. 



Plants, blossoms of, 68 

 names given to them of old, 

 from their supposed quali- 

 ties, 91 pores of, 112 

 decomposition of, 124. 



Pollarding trees, 394. 



Polypi of the coral, 10. 



Poor, employment of the, 16. 



Poplar tree, 75. 



Potato, culture of the, 28 

 sorts, 29 profits, 30 ef- 

 fects of, on soils, 33 his- 



tory of, ibid, value of, as 



food, 41. 

 Prognostications of wind and 



weather. See Wind and 



Weather. 

 Providence, inattention to, 



345. 

 Puff, the gray, 120 thetur- 



reted, 130 the stellated, 



131. 



Rapacious birds, 245. 



Rats, migration of, 142 



other particulars of, 218. 

 Raven, the, 177- 

 Redwing, 263. 

 Reeking of the earth, 398. 

 Robin, the, 162. 

 Roman encampment, 2 



roads, 3. 

 Rook, the, 183 its affection, 



1 84 sagacity, 1 85 ap* 



pears to be decreasing in 



numbers, 198. 

 Rose, the white moss, 351, 



(note,) the wild, 389. 

 Royal forest, indications of 



one in Gloucestershire, 4. 



Seasons, variableness of, 20!) 



effect of, 353. 

 Sex, increase of, in 1825, 



143, note. 

 Shrew, the water, 143 the 



common, 144 new species 



of, 145. 



Shrike. See Butcher-bird. 

 Sinking of the earth, 373. 

 Skylark, the, 269. 

 Smelling, question of the 



sense of, in birds, 188. 

 Smokewood, sticks of the 



