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INDEX 



WAGTAIL, a pied, at Selborne, 180 



Wallace, Dr. A. R, as to the 

 cuckoo controversy, 15 



Warning note of cirl-bunting, 

 302, 304 



Water-birds on the Itch en, 277, 

 283 



Water-keeper on the Itchen, de- 

 struction of grebes' nests by, 

 279 ; on the Test, his opinion as 

 to dragon-flies, 130 



Water-rail on the Itchen, 283 



Watson, William, on "world- 

 strangeness," 51 



Weasel, the, his place in 'nature, 

 8 ; dreaded by small birds, 103; 

 his fascination-dance, 105 ; his 

 pursuit of field-vole, 106 



Wlieatham Hill, wide view from. 

 201 



White Admiral, 128 



White, Gilbert, his strictures on 

 Hampshire churches, 202 ; Ms 

 connection with Farringdon, 

 216; Farringdon yew not men- 

 tioned by, 218 ; vain attempts 

 after reminiscences of, 226 ; his 

 description of Wolmer Forest, 

 213 ; his curacy at Swarraton, 

 316 



Whitethroat attacked by lesser 

 whitethroat, 66 



Whitethroat, lesser, song of, 65, 

 151 



Wild musk at Selborne, 186 



Willughby, his suggestion as to 

 colour, 40 



j Wine, elderberry, a forgotten 

 ! vintage, 330 



| Wolmer Forest, first impression 

 of, 223 ; colour of streams in, 

 225; Hollywater Clump in, 

 229 ; White's description of, 

 230 ; its bird population, 232 



Woman, a young, of Hampshire 

 type, 254 ; an old, her recol- 

 lection of \vild musk, 319 ; an 

 old, a praiser of past times, 

 330 



Wood owl, carrying power of 

 voice of, 4 



Wood-peckers, green, drumming 

 by, 11 ; in Hollywater Clump, 

 230 ; great spotted, 13, 15 ; 

 small spotted, 12 



Wren, its continued use of old 

 nest, 325 ; its sun-bath, 327 



Wren, golden-crested, nest of, 7 



YELLOW flowers, want of attrac- 

 tion in, 309 ; the smell of, 310 



Yellow-hammer not distinguished 

 by White from the cirl-bunting, 

 189 



Yew tree, at Priors Dean, 208 ; 

 its association with the dead, 

 215 ; called the " Hampshire 

 weed," 216; at Farringdon, 

 217, 218 ; at Selborne, 217, 239; 

 slow growth of, 218; growth of 

 new bark in, 219 ; at Crow- 

 hurst, 219 ; at Hurstbourne 

 Priors, 220 ; possible injury to 

 roots of, from grave-digging, 221 



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