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INDEX. 



Smith, W., on the migration of swal- 

 lows, ii. 24."). 



Snails and slugs, i. 465. 



Snake, its odour when irritated, i. 74. 



Snake's slough, i. 4(55. 



Snipes, sound produced by, in descend- 

 ing, i. 98 and note. 



, voice of, i. 50. 



Sociality of animals, i. 183. 



Soil, effect of, on thermometers, i. '271. 



Song, influence of the male bird's, i. 

 482. 



Sounds made under water, ii. 307. 



South-Sea Indians, instruments &c. 

 used by, ii. 98. 



Southington, preceptory at, i. 317, ii. 

 131. 



Southwell, T., on some incidents in 

 the life of T. Marsham, ii. 243. 



Sow, remarkably prolific, i. 199. 



Spanish chestnut, magnificent, at 

 Tortworth, ii. 253. 



Sparrow-hawk, i. 108. 



Sparrows, building-places of, i. 101. 



Sphinxes found at Selborne, ii. 308. 



Sph//nx occllafa, habits of, i. 4f>7. 



Sponge, experiment with, ii. 115. 



Sponsors and their god-children, re- 

 lationship between, i. 330. 



Spoonbills, flock of, ii. 43. 



Spring of water in Conduit wood, i. 

 363. 



Sprout-cale, i. 207, 484. 



Squirrels, young, suckled by a cat, i. 

 449. 



Stag-hunt at Alton, i. 449. 



Star-sluch, ii. 193. 196. 



Stawell, Lord, ii. 260. 



Stepe, prior of Selborne, i. 340, 341. 



Sticklebacks, i. 32, 56. 



Stilt-plover, i. 237, 238, note. 



Stoat, pied specimens of, i. 450. 



Stockdove, i. 96, 109. 



breeds at Selborne, 97 note, ii. 



254. 



Stone coffin-lids found in Selborne 

 church, i. 284, ii. 397. 



Stone-curlew, i. 46, 61, 88. 



-. , nocturnal flight of the, i. 2f>7. 



, migration of the, i. 438. 



Stoneleigh park, fine oaks in, ii. 258. 



Storm of wind, ii. 141. 



Strangers appointed priors, i. 344, 346, 



Stratford, bishop of Winchester, i. 



324. 

 Stuart, Sir S., letter from, to Gilbert 



White, ii. 264. 



Sudington preceptory, relation be- 

 tween Selborne church and, ii. 395. 



Summer birds, migration interrupted, 

 i. 81. 



Superstitions at Selborne, i. 190, 192, 

 note. 



Sussex downs described, i. 157. 



Swallow, chimney, early arrival of, i. 

 160. 



, , habits of the, 162, 163, et 



seq. 



— , , its nest-places, i. 161 and 



note. 



— , its second brood, i. 162. 



-, remarkable situation of the nest 



of a, i. 104. 

 ■ tribe, on the annual increase in 



the, ii. 246, 249. 



washing, i. 97. 



Swallows congregate before leaving, i. 



37,444. 

 , difference in the tails of the 



different sexes, i. 1<>(). 

 , migration of, i. 67, 68. 



— , reappearance of, i. 28, 204. 

 -, their history, i. 150, 158, 169- 



172. 



— , their supposed torpidity, i. 27, 

 28, 38, 95. 

 -, time of arrival at different places, 



i. 178, 483. 

 Swift, delayed departure of, i. 242. 



, Gibraltar, found occurring in 



England, i. 88, note. 

 — drinks on the wing, i. 99. 



-, its history, i. 171, &c, 175 note, 



213. 



— , number of eggs laid by, ii. 33, 

 35. 



of a different genus from swal- 

 lows, i. 176, note. 



— , time of its arrival, i. 98. 



-, time of departure, i. 94, 175, ii. 



272. 



Swine, various names for, ii. 158. 

 Sycamores, i. 470. 

 Sylvester, Thomas, Selborne parsonage 



leased to, i. 304. 

 Systema Naturae, proposed new edition 



of, ii. 66, 77, 89. 



Tabanus bovintts, ii. 116, 142. 

 Tamerlane, interview between Scheik 



Sefi and, ii. 152. 

 Tan-house garden, i. 363. 

 Teals taken at Oakhanger ponds, ii. 



12, 15. 

 - taken at Wolmer, i. 99. 



