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INDEX. 



Curtis, William, on the geology of 



Selborne, ii. 374. 

 Cypselus melba in England, i. 88, note. 



Daw, power of flighl of a, ii. 130. 

 Deer, fallow, in the Holt forest, i. 26. 



, red, in Wolmer forest, i. 18, 19. 



■ , suborbital glands of, i. 43, 44. 



stealers, i. 19 tt seq. 



Derhain on sounds made under water, 



ii. 307. 

 Dew condensed by ponds, i. 194. 

 Discovery of the harvest-mouse, i. 30. 



ii. 2G. ' 

 Dissensions between religious orders, 



i. 317. 

 Diver, great speckled, observations 



ou, i. 435. 

 Dodecatheon media, ii. 233. 

 Dog. Chinese, i. 254. 

 Dogs, anecdotes of. ii- 2S3. 2S0. 



— , peculiar habits of, i. 255. 

 Drought, dripping weather after, i. 



478. 

 Drvden and Pope. ii. 100, 111. 

 Ducarel, Dr.. ii. 268, 269. 

 Duck with arms of tbe king of Den- 

 mark on its collar, i. 130. 

 Dufour's fire-escape, description of, 



ii. 300. 



Earthenware vases found at Selborne, 



ii. 381. 

 Earthworms, i.404. 



, beneficial, i. 201, 202, note. 



Ecclesiastical tiles found in Selborne 



church, ii. 398. 

 Echoes, i. 209. 

 . Lucretius's description of, i. 



212, 213. 



of firing cannon, i. 258. 



Eels, breeding of, i. 100. 



Ela Longspee, i. 321. 



Election of a prior, mode of, i. 334. 



, dispute about the, i. .*14.">. 



Elm, extraordinary large, ii. 273, 274, 



278. 

 Empedes, swarms of, i. 402. 

 Emperors, coins of Roman, found at 



Selborne, ii. 382. 

 Empshott, etymology of,i. 1, note. 

 England, floods in, ii. 105. 

 English and a Norman ship, quarrel 



between the crews of an, i. 314. 

 poetrv, sentiments on, ii. 100, 



111. 

 Epitaph of Rev. Andrew Ettv. i. 280. 

 of Mr. Ray, ii. 223. 



Epitaph of Gilbert White, i. 286. 

 Estates, tenure of the Selborne, i. 



372. _ 

 Eumenius on the battle of Woolmer 



forest, ii. 390. 

 Europe, Southern, animal productions 



of, ii. 07-94. 



Fair held at Selborne, i. 372. 

 Fail-wise, Thomas, appointed prior, i. 



345. 

 Fairy rings, i. 475. 

 Falcon, peregrine, i. 35, 253, 480. 

 Fauna Calpensis, Gilbert White's 



sentiments on the, ii. 45, 49. 

 Fern-chafer, i. 102. 

 Fern-owl, habits of the, i. 439, ii. 251. 



, migration of the, ii. 273. 



, torpidity of the, ii. 240. 



Ferns found at Selborne, ii. 372. 

 Field-cricket,i.230. 

 Field-fare. i. 79. 



breeds in Sweden, i. 134. 



Field-mouse, anecdote of, i. 140. 

 Fire-escape, description of Dufour's, 



ii. 300. 

 Fish, gold and silver, i. 246. 



, sense of hearing in, ii. 304. 



■ , sleep of. ii. 139. 



, species of, at Selborne, i. 32 and 



note, 56, 57. 

 Flea of sand-martin, i. 109 and note. 

 Flies, observations on, i. 401. 

 Flight of birds, various kinds of, i. 



220. 

 Floods in England, ii. 105. 

 Flora of Selborne, i. 217, ii. 309. 

 Flowing of sap, i. 409. 

 Fly-catcher, i. 29, 48. 



, its habits, i. 103. 



Fog, reflection of, i. 477. 

 Food, influence of. on the colour of 

 animals, i. 45, 481. 



of the ring-dove, i. 433. 



— of the cuckoo, ii. 113. 

 Forest-fly, i. 151 and note. 

 Forms respecting the choosing of a 



prior, i. 323, 377. 

 Forster on the aurora australis, ii. 



14(1. 

 Fossil wood of Woolmer forest, i. 



256. 

 Fossils found at Selborne, i. 7, ii. 370. 

 Foundation of the priory of Selborne, 



charter for the, i. 37- r >. 

 Franklin, Dr., on sounds made under 



water, ii. 307. 

 Freestone, i.8. 



