INDEX. 



G37 



Pettychaps attacks the Kentish 

 cherries, 90, note. 



, a very rare bird at 



Selborne, 375. 



Pheasant,supposed hybrid,434. 



Pigeons, their peculiar mode 

 of drinking, 172. 



Plants, the more rare in Sel- 

 borne, 326. 



Pleslor, the, in the midst of 

 the village, what, 8, 552. 



Plover, the stilt, a rare and cu- 

 rious bird, 355. 



Poems, 503, &c. 



Pofytrichum commune, used for 

 besoms, 293. 



Pond, Wolmer, its measure- 

 ment, fowls, &c. 35. 



Ponds on elevations, why sel- 

 dom dry, 299. 



Poplar, galls of Lombardy, 

 484. 



Porch, church, its gothic arch 

 and folding doors, 528. 



Poultry, observations on, 430. 



Preceptory, an unnoticed one 

 at Selborne, 560. 



, attempt to explain 



the meaning of the term, 563. 



Priors of Selborne, a list of the, 

 606. 



Priory of Selborne, when and 

 by whom founded, 540. 



, how endowed at first, 



541. 



, paper containing the 



value of its lands and ma- 

 nors, 593, note. 



, its impropriation, 609. 



, privileges and immuni- 

 ties of, 620. 



, its present state, 625. 



, fragments discovered in 



its foundations, 625 and note. 



Ptinus pectinicornis, observa- 

 tions on, 464. 



Queen's bank, why so called, 28. 

 Rabbits, why destroyed, 30, 31. 



Rabbits, some particulars con- 

 cerning, 459 and note. 



Rain, mean of, not to be ascer- 

 tained till after many years, 

 17. 



, what has fallen at Sel- 

 borne of late years, 17, 496. 



of Selborne compared with 



that of Plymouth, 382. 



Rainbow, on the, 509. 



Ranatra linearis, observations 

 on, 467 and note. 



Rat, water, two species sus- 

 pected, 45. 



, a curious anecdote 



concerning, 129. 



Redbreasts, why supposed to 

 sing in autumn only, 170. 



Redstart, its singularities, 170, 

 178. 



Redwings, their disappearance 

 and nesting places, 228. 



, the first birds that 



suffer by frost, 235. 



Relics belonging to the Priory, 

 589. 



Reptiles of the Selborne dis- 

 trict, 95. 



Ring-ousel, various particulars 

 concerning, 108, 112, 115, 

 120, 124, 127, 140, 160, 163, 

 222, 258. 



Rooks, some particulars con- 

 cerning, 258, 381, 429. 



, perfectly white, 77. 



Ruperta, whose daughter and 

 wife, 36, 37. 



Rupibus, or Roche de la, Peter 

 de, who and what, 540. 



Rushes instead of candles, of 

 much utility in humble life, 

 290. 



Rutland, county of, what rain 

 fell there, 229. 



Sand-martin's flea,270 and nofe. 



Sandpiper found near Selborne, 

 108. 



Sap, observations on the flow- 

 ing of, 483. 



