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INDEX 



Butterflies of the New Forest, 

 128; moths and, collectors of, 

 131 ; English names of, 132 



CALOPTERIX virgo in the Forest, 

 129 ; colouring of, 133 



Camalote, its appearance recalled 

 by mimulus, 313 



Cats, Egyptian, story of their 

 fascination by fire, 108 



Cattle tormented by forest flies, 

 72 



Celt, the black, Iberian origin of, 

 258; Huxley, a specimen of 

 the, 262 



Chaffinch, its especial dread of 

 the weasel, 103-105 ; arum 

 berries eaten by, 327 



Chalk-pit by the Itcheu, fruit 

 harvest for birds in, 327 



Churches of Hampshire villages, 

 201 ; Gilbert White's strictures 

 on, 202 ; their charm, 203 ; 

 wanton destruction of, 204 ; 

 their harmony with their sur- 

 roundings, 205, 209 



Cicada anglica. doubt as to his 

 song, 147, 148 



Girl-bunting, the, at Selborne, 

 188 ; quality of its voice, 189 ; 

 not distinguished by White 

 from the yellow-hammer, 189 : 

 by the Itchen, 273 ; his song, 

 274 ; his plumage, 276 ; its late 

 breeding, 301 ; its breeding 

 habits, 302 ; its warning note, 

 302 ; safeguarding of young by, 

 303 



Cladothrix odorifera, scent of 

 fresh earth due to, 168 



Cockchafer grubs sought for by 

 starlings, 62 



Cockerel and martins at Sel- 

 borne, 181 



Cole- tit, honeysuckle berries eaten 

 by, 328 



Contrast a source of enjoyment, 

 223 



Coot, the, on the Itchen, 277, 

 278; his struggles with grebe 

 for water- weed, .280 ; his par- 

 ental wisdom, 281 ; greediness 

 of young corrected by, 282 



Cordulegaster annulatus, 129 ; his 

 serpent-like colouring, 133 



Courtship by stag beetle, 77; 

 among the green grasshoppers, 

 165; among the flower-spiders, 

 170, 174 



Craig, Mr., his observations on 

 the nestling cuckoo, 23 



Creighton, Dr., on the young 

 cuckoo question, 15 



Crickets, house and field, their 

 music compared, 184 



Crooleptus iolithus, beautiful 

 tints of the, 213 



Crowhurst, hollow yew tree at, 

 219 



Cuckoo, young, its behaviour, 

 15 ; in robin's nest, 16 ; its 

 rapid growth, 17 ; its spasmodic 

 efforts to eject obstacles, 18- 

 21 



DABCHICK, see Grebe, little 

 Dark people in Hampshire, 253 ; 



two types of them, 254 ; mutual 



distrust between blonde and, 



256 ; Iberian origin of one type, 



258 

 Dark Water, the, 41 ; flies on the, 



73 ; calopteryx virgo on the, 



133 

 "Deadman's Plack," memorial 



cross at, 152 

 Death, life-appearances after, 84; 



unknown to lower animals, 95. 

 Death of Fergus quoted as to the 



yew, 215 

 Degeneration, Ray Lankester on, 



162 



