340 



INDEX. 



Fallow-deer, breathing apparatus of, 35 



, error respecting, 35 



Familiarity of birds, 95 



Family tortoise, more particulars re- 

 garding the, 265 



Fattening of animals during moderate 

 frosts, 99 



Fern-fowl, flying powers of the, 77 



Fern-owl, or goat-sucker,- habits of the, 

 280 



Field-cricket, habits of the, 171 



-Fieldfares, roostiug-places of, 64 



Fish in Selborne streams, 27 



Fly-catcher, singular characteristic of 

 the, 25 



Food of the ring-dove, 276 



required by gold and silver fish, 182 



Forest or sand-stone, 9 



Fossil shells in the neighbourhood of 

 Selborne, 7 



trees in Woolmer Bottoms, 14 



wood in Woolmer Forest, 189 



Fowls, partiality for devouring wasps, 

 269 



fox, singular death of a, 273 



freestone, use and application of, 8 



GAME, extermination of. in Bavaria, 18 

 Garden cultivation, benefits resulting 



from; 155 



Geological formations at Selborne, 2 

 Gilbert White's poems, 334337 

 Glow-worms not always luminous, 296 

 Goat-sucker, habits of the, described, 280 



-, singular powers of the, 52 



Gold and silver fish, habits of, 182 

 Grange at Selborne, Court-leets held in 



the, 263 



Grasshopper-lark, habits of the, 40 

 Great speckled diver, or loon, descrip- 

 tion of the, 277 

 Grosbeak, food of the, 285 

 Guinea-fowls, singular roosting -place of, 



272 

 Gypsies, anecdotes of, 139 



HARVEST-BUG and other insects, habits 



of, 73 



Harvest-mouse, singular nest of the, 30 

 Heath-cock, extirpation of the, 15 

 Hedgehog, habits of the, 63 

 Heliotropes, simple mode of construct- 

 ing, 168 

 Hen -partridges, extraordinary instinct 



of, 273 



Historical records of Selborne, 220225 

 Hollow lanes, description of two rocky, 



10 



Honey-buzzard, habits of the, 86 

 Honey-dew injurious to trees, 304 

 Hoopoe, portrait of the, 27 

 Hounda at fault in Hartley Wood, 286 

 House-cricket, peculiarities of the, 174 

 House-martin, domestic habits of the, 



117120 

 , mysterious disappearances of the, 



, migratory or hybernatory, 77 



, winter search for, 179 



Hunting in Woolmer Forest by 



Edward II., 203 

 Hybrid pheasant, description of a, 273 



ICHNEUMON-FLY, services rendered by 



the, 293 



Idiot boy, anecdote of an, 143 

 Insects and vermes, observations on, 



287297 

 Insects greedily eaten by various fowls, 



269 



Instinct, singular illustrations of, 185 

 Ireland, ornithology of, by Thompson, 85 

 John Moreton's election to Selborne 



Priory, 243 



KITE'S HILL, singular custom regarding, 



263 



Knights Templars, the, at Shelborne, 226 

 Kuckalm the ornithologist, 102 



LANGUAGE of birds, the, 166 

 Land-rail, habits of the, 275 

 Landsprings of Sussex, &c., 126 

 Land-tortoise at Ringmer, 104, 111, 122 

 Leprosy, causes of the disappearance 



of, 155 



, singiilar case of, 154 



Linnaeus on the rock-swallow, 70 

 Loach, description of the, 45 

 Long-legged plover, singular construction 



of the, 176 

 Lucretius on echoes, 159 



MAGPIES, thrushes frequently attacked 



by, 271 



Manor-house of Selborne, 263 

 Markwick's comments upon Gilbert 



White's observations, 269305 

 Meteorological observations, 303 

 Migration of birds, remarks upon the, 



106 



Migratory habits of frogs, 42 

 Migratory habits of the swallow, 54 

 Mill of Selborne Priory, 259 

 Missel-thrush, pugnacious itabits of 



the, 135 

 Mole-cricket, domestic habits of the, 



175 



Monuments in Selborne church, 207 

 Moose-deer, description of a, 65 



NATURAL affections of the feathered 

 tribes, 112, 114, 134 



Naturalist's calendar, preface to the, 

 315318 



summer evening walk, the, 57 



Nest of the harvest mouse, 30 



chosen by the cuckoo, 97 



, the house-martin's mode of build- 

 ing its, 117 



Nidification of woodcocks and field-fares, 

 105 



Nightingale and cuckoo, musical tones 

 of the, 109 



Nose-flies troublesome to horses, 293 



Nuthatch or jar-bird, the, 40 



OAKS, singular group of, 6 



