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INDEX. 



Birds, resentments of, \76,no(e. 



, soft-hilled, that winter 



with us, how supported, 179. 

 --, of winter passage, a list 



of, 193. 



that continue in full song 



till after Midsummer, 194. 



, soft-billed, their treat- 

 ment in captivity, 199 210, 

 note. 



, diseases of, 210, note. 



, why fatter in moderate 



frosts, 215. 



, what sorts are pulvera- 



t rices, 221. 



-, what occasions their con- 



gregating, 237. 



, in the season of nidifica- 



tion, tame, 284. 



, various manner of mo- 

 tion of, 332. 



, notes and language of, 



334. 



, Observations on, 427. 



Bird's-nest ophrys, its propa- 

 gation, 329, note. 



Blackcap, an elegant songster, 

 44, 174, 199. 



Black cock, supposed hybrid 

 conjectured to be a, 438, 

 note. 



Black game, now extinct in the 

 Forest, 27. 



Black spring of 1771, 494. 



Blackthorn winter, what, 485. 



Blind-worm, some account of, 

 101 and note. 



Boinbylius medius, observations 

 on, 474. 



Bot-fly, horse, some account 

 of, 149, and note. 



Boy, an idiot, his strange pro- 

 pensity, 293. 



Brimstone-lodge, some account 

 of, 32. 



Brooks at Selborne, what fishes 

 they produce, 49, 103. 



Buck's Horn Oak, in the Holt 

 Forest, 481, note. 



Bug, harvest, some account of, 

 146. 



Bullfinch turns black, 78, 165. 



Bunting, a very rare bird at 

 Selborne, 68. 



Bustard, some particulars re- 

 specting, 197 and mili: 



Butcher-bird, red backed, 108, 

 162. 



Buzzards, honey, some account 

 of, 184. 



Calculus from the stomach of 



an ox, 154. 

 Canary birds, suggestion for 



their naturalization, 60. 

 Cancer said to be cured by 



toads, 104, 112. 

 Cane, error regarding the ani- 

 mal so called, 76 and ///<..-. 

 Carp, their retirement in severe 



weather, 172. 

 Carta pro fnnilntion" I*tiora(us 



de Seleburne, 544, note. 

 Curt (i petens liceni'uiiH cli'/nidi 



prelatum d Jom. eplscop. ll'iii- 



ton, 566, note. 

 Castration, its strange effects, 



304. 



Caterpillars of the oak, 468. 

 Cats, house, fond offish, 138. 

 Chafers, observations on, 464. 

 Chaffinches, vast flocks of hen, 



67, 78, 166, 244. 

 Chalk hills, why peculiarly 



beautiful, 255. 

 Chestnut timber, observations 



on, 484. 

 Church, Selborne, particulars 



about, 520, 528. 

 Clouds, morning, cause of, 492. 

 Coccus vitis viniferte, rare in 



England, 363.' 

 Cock-roach, observations on, 



465. 

 Coins, Roman, found in great 



abundance, 36, 516. 

 Connta.rlnimonis, where found, 



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