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Selbor?ie, village, how circumstanced » . . . i. 3 



the manor of, abounds with game. . . • i. 21 



...... parish of, of vast extent, why • i. 21 



population of i. 23 



...... rain, quantity of, considerable, why . . . . i. 22 



...... produces near half the birds of Gr^at 



Britain < • . . i. 178 



Serpent kind, eat but once a year - . . . i. 88 



Sexes, of birds and beasts, when they se- 

 parate i. 229 



Sheep, Sussex, horned and hornless i. 278 



...... observations on ;> ii. 249 



Slugs,* very injurious to wheat just come out 

 of the ground, by eating off the blade ; and 

 by their infinite numbers occasioning incredi- 

 ble havock ii. l6, 281 



Snails, remarks on * . • ii. 281 



...... water, vulgar error i. 88 



Snake, stinks se defendendo i. 1 24 



. . . .'s slough, curious particulars concerning. . . . ii. 282 



Snipes, their piping and humming i. 81 



Snow-fleck, sometimes seen at Selborne i. 127 



Sociality in the brute creation, instances of. .i. 328, 330 

 Softbilled birds, how many stay the winter. ... i. 199 

 Sow,' prodigious fecundity of one , ii. 9 



• For the amazing ravages committed on turnips, wheat, 

 clover, field-cabbage seeds, &c. by slugs, and a rational and 

 easy method of destroying them, see a sensible letter by Mr. 

 Henry Vagg, of CJdlcompton, in the county of Somerset, lately 

 made public at the request of the gentlemen of that neigh- 

 bourhood. 



