INDEX. 



wild clematis so called, 

 113. 



Snail, the common, 33C the 

 banded, 339 the haloti- 

 deus, 351. 



Snakes, eggs of, 305 harm- 

 lessness of, 307 general 

 aversion to, ibid. 



Snapdragon, peculiarities of, 

 80 an insect trap, 80. 83. 



Snipe, the jack, its habits, 

 257 supposed the male of 

 the larger snipe, 260. 



Snowdrop, the, 93 a melan- 

 choly flower, 94. 



Soil, of the parish in which 

 the author resides, 5 

 various sorts of, 18 ana- 

 lysis of, useless, ibid- 

 picking soil off grass lands 

 a bad custom, 48. 



Song of birds. See Birds. 



Sparrow, the hedge, 153 

 the common, 214. 



Spottings, on apples, 376 

 on strawberry leaves, 379. 



Starling, the common, 199 

 the brown, 205. 



Steaming of the earth, 398. 



Stinking phallus, the, 128. 



Stormy petrel, the, 194. 



Strontian, 13. 



Sulphur butterfly, 100. 



Sundew, destructive to in- 

 sects, 81. 



Superstition, 327. 339. 



Swallows, their nests, 175 

 killed in wanton sport, 225. 



Sycamore tree, singularity of 

 its leaves, 124. 



Teazle, its cultivation, 4 I- 



its profits, 44 its uses, 

 47- 



Thorn, the white, uniform 

 in its blossoming, 209. 



Thrush, the solitary, 205 

 the common, 211. 336 

 the missel, 254 song of, 

 274. 



Timidity of animals, 256. 



Tokens. See Prognostica- 

 tions. 



Tomtit, or titmouse, the 

 little blue, rewards for the 

 destruction of, 166 pe- 

 rishes in severe winters, 

 167 the long-tailed, 169 

 -instance of its intelli- 

 gence in the care of its 

 young, 176. 



Traveller's joy, name given 

 to the wild clematis, 112. 



Trees, attractors of humidity, 

 61 condense fogs, 62 

 verdure beneath, 63 mis- 

 chief of pollarding them, 

 394. 



Tree creeper, the, 243. 



Turnip, singularly decorated 

 one, as a holiday amuse- 

 ment, 365. 



Uredo, the two-fronted, a 

 substance attached to the 

 leaves of the laurel, 123. 



Vermin, parish reward for 

 the destruction of, 166. 



Vervain, 95 respect paid of 

 old to this plant, 96 its 

 supposed powers and quali- 

 ties, 97- 



Village clubs, 74, 



