472 



INDEX. 



Kuckalm the ornithologist, 134 



LAND-RAIL, habits of the, 386 

 Landsprings of Sussex, &c., 170 

 Land- tortoise at Kingmer, 136, 148, 



164 



Language of birds, the, 231 

 Leprosy, causes of the disappearance 



of, 215 



singular case of, 214 

 Linnaeus on the rock-swallow, 89 

 Loach, description of the, 55 

 Long-legqed plover, singular con- 

 struction of the, 247 

 Loon, or great speckled diver, de- 

 scription of the, 390 

 Lucretius on echoes, 220 



M 



MAGPIES, thrushes frequently at- 

 tacked by, 382 



Manor-house of Selborne, 372 

 Markwick's comments upon Gilbert 



White's observations, 379 429 

 Mayflies, remarks on, 409 

 Meteorological observations, 426 

 Migration of birds, remarks upon 



the, 137H2 



Migratory habits of frogs, 5 * 

 habits of the swallow, 67 

 Mill of Selborne Priory, 366 

 Missel-thrush, pugnacious habits of 



the, 183 

 Mole-cricket, domestic habits of the, 



245 

 Monuments in Selborne church, 295, 



296 



Moose-deer, description of a, 81 

 Moreton's, John, election to Selborne 



Priory, 344 



N 



NATURAL affections of the feathered 



tribes, 150, 152, 180 

 Naturalist's calendar, preface to the, 

 441 et seq. 



Naturalist's summer evening walk, 



the, 71 



Nest of the harvest-mouse, 35 

 chosen by the cuckoo, 126 

 the house - martin's mode of 



building its, 157 



Nidification of woodcocks and field- 

 fares, 138 

 Nightingale and cuckoo, musical 



tones of the, 143 

 Nose-flies troublesome to horses, 



412 

 Nuthatch or jar -bird, the, 49 



O 



OAKS, singular group of, 6, 7 

 Observations from Mr. Gilbert 



White's MSS., 379 et seq. 

 on insects and vermes, 404 et 



seq. 



on quadrupeds, 401 et seq. 

 on vegetables, 419 et seq. 

 Old coins found near Selborne, 342 

 Otter found at Selborne, 85 

 Ousels, doubts regarding the habits 



of 59> 60, 62, 64, 99, ico 

 Owls, musical pitch of, 143 



PARTRIDGES, hen, extraordinary in- 

 stinct of, 384 



Peacocks, difference between the 

 train and tail of, 96 



Pennant, White's first letters ad- 

 dressed to, I 



Peregrine falcon, account of the, 32, 

 263 



Peter Berne elected Prior of Sel- 

 borne, 343 ; resigns his office, 344 ; 

 re-elected, 349 ; his second re- 

 signation, 351 ; his poverty, 352 



Peter de la Roche, account of, 305 



Pheasant, description of a hybrid, 



384 



Piers Plowman, prophecy of, 339 

 Plants, flowering propensities of, 



227 

 Poems by Gilbert White, 463 et seq. 



