INDEX. 



AGARICS, the pale gray species 

 of, 86 the verdigris, ibid. 

 not easily investigated, 87 

 the odorous agaric, 91 the 

 scented, ibid. the " stainer," 

 ibid. the surrectus springing 

 from another species, 256. 



Agriculture, practice of, at a 

 village in Gloucestershire, 22 

 bad custom of the farmers 

 there, 40. 



Aerial hummings, 250. 



Amusements, heretofore holiday 

 ones, in decline, 246. 



Animals, increase of, 101 what 

 dependent on man, 151 

 what independent, 152 use- 

 fulness of, to man, 153 affec- 

 tion of, to their young, 176 

 mercy to, a scriptural com- 

 mand, ibid. 



-Ant, the black, 212 the red, 

 213 the yellow, ibid. 



Apples injured by aphides, 235 

 spottings on, how occasion- 

 ed, 255. 



Ash trees, 267. 



Atmospheric influences, 249 

 observations, 269 experi- 

 ments, 275. 



Auger-worms, 203. 



Autumn, pleasure of a morn- 

 ing's walk in, 83. 



Aust-ferry, 9. 



Bee, the carpenter, 53. 



Beetle, the rose, 53 the dorr, 

 217 the great water species, 

 224. 232. 



Birds, partiality of the author 

 to, 109. 120 migration of, 

 110. 145 injurious to trees, 

 114 various food of, ibid. 

 and voices of, 11 9. 1 78. 

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189 nests of, 121, 122, 123, 

 124 great destroyers of in- 

 sects, 124 species of, dimin- 

 ishing in number, 137 labor 

 of, to feed their young, 140 

 friendship of, 147 eggs of, 

 156. 182 dislike of, to man, 

 160 stratagem of one, 163 

 early rising of, 164 boldness 

 of, 176 solitary and congre- 

 gating ones, 178 language 

 of, unvarying, 185 pleasure 

 afforded by, to man, 189 

 For the different kinds, see 

 their respective English 

 names. 



Blackbird, song of the, 188. 



Blackcap, the, 159. 



Blight, 236 some trees not af- 

 fected by, ibid manner in 

 which this insect propagates 

 itself, 237 whence derived, 

 uncertain, 238 saline winds 

 a supposed cause of, 254. 



Bombylius, the, 211. 



Bones of horses and human be- 

 ings dug up, conjecture re- 

 specting, 11. 



Bouquets, wearing of, not in 

 use, 57. 



Bramble, the common, almost 

 an evergreen, 77 lines on its 

 leaves, ibid its uses, 78. 



Bullfinch, the, 113. 



Bunting, peculiar practice of 

 the, 173. 



Burnet, conjecture as to its last- 

 ing verdure, 63. 



Butcher-bird, the, 134. 



Butterfly, the sulphur, 74 the 

 argus, 195 the phlseas, 196 

 the azure, ibid the painted 

 lady, 198 the marble, 199 

 the meadow brown, ibid. 



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