INDEX 



343 



cidents observed at, 178; a 

 third visit, 182 ; temperature of, 

 183 ; house crickets at, 183 ; 

 musk mallow in churchyard, 

 187 ; cirl-bunting at, 188 ; its 

 enervating air, 198 ; beauty of 

 the common, 199 ; yew tree in 

 churchyard, 217, 218; the 

 " mob " at, 226. 



Shepherd near Winchester, his 

 wages, 248 ; a Saxon, on the 

 downs, 250 



Shrews, young, 10 ; dead, abun- 

 dance of fleas on, 114 



Shrike, red-backed, 329 



Silchester, mosaics at, 69 



Snake-skin, apparent continued 

 vitality of, 84 



Snipe, breeding habits of, 43, 44 ; 

 in Wolmer, 235 ; beauty of 

 young, 322 



Sounds, pleasure in, affected by 

 conventions, 184 



South Hayling, curious yew tree 

 at, 219 



Spider killing grasshopper, 47 ; a 

 flower-haunting, 169 



Squirrel, visit from a, 11 ; a dead, 

 113 ; fatal fall of, 114 ; fleas on, 

 114, 115; his irritable temper, 

 117 ; his memory of hidden food, 

 118 



Stag-beetle, "stags and does," 

 75; in search of a mate, 77; 

 striking a scent, 79; unconscious 

 comedy of the, 81 ; life remain- 

 ing in severed head, 82 



Starling, note of, 4 ; his search 

 for cockchafer grubs, 62; his 

 untidy habits, 230; his varied 

 language, 231 ; increase in his 

 numbers, 332 



Stoat, rabbit's helplessness when 



chased by, 106 



Stone-chat, his note of trouble, 

 44 



Stone-curlews, extermination of, 

 by Hawking Club, 321 



Stridulation of grasshoppers, 146; 

 of crickets, 184 



Swallow and pike on the Exe, 

 39 



Swarraton, White formerly curate 

 of, 316 ; church at, pulled 

 down, 317 ; changes in, since 

 White's day, 318 ; old woman's 

 recollections of mimulus at, 



319; 



Swifts, the, at Selborne, 188, 190 ; 



evening gatherings of, 191 ; on 



the Itchen, 289 ; destruction of 



May flies by, 292 

 Swinton, A. H., quoted as to 



Cicada anglica, 147 



TEAL, Wolmer a breeding place 

 of, 232 ; his lively disposition, 

 234, 235 



Thamnotrizon cinereus at Sel- 

 borne, 193; his habits, 195; 

 voice and disposition, 196 



Thomisus citreus, its habits, 169 ; 

 its wooing antics, 170 



Thrush, young, 59 ; arum berries 

 eaten by, 327 



Tidbury Ring, 323 



Tit, long tailed, nest of, 7 



Traherne, Thomas, quoted, 41 



Trees, age of, 218 



Turtle doves in Wolmer, 232; 

 appearance of young, 322 



VARIETIES, racial, in Southern 

 English people, 241 



Vegetation by Hampshire 

 streams, 265, 266, 271 



Villages, characteristic Hamp- 

 shire, along the rivers, 267 



Viper, see Adder 



Vole hunted by weasel, 106 



Voles, field and bank, 8 



