INDEX. 



341 



Observations from Mr. Gilbert White's 



MSS., 269 



on insects and vermes, 287 297 



on quadrupeds, 285 



on vegetables, 298 302 



Old coins found near Selborne, 241 



Otter found at Selborne, 67 



Ousels, doubts regarding the habits of, 



48, 50, 60, 68, 77, 78 

 Owls, musical pitch of, 108 



PEACOCKS, difference between the train 



and tail of, 75 

 Pennant, White's first letters addressed 



to, 1 



Peregrine falcon, account of the, 27, 186 

 Peter Berne elected Prior of Selborne, 



242 ; resigns his office, 243 ; re-elected, 



246 ; his second resignation, 247 ; his 



poverty, 249 



Peter de la Roche, account of, 214 

 Piers Plowman, prophecy of, 239 

 Plants, flowering propensities of, 163 

 Poems by Gilbert White, 334337 

 Population of Selborne in 1783, ll 

 Ponds, natural economy of, 21 

 Prediction of Piers Plowman, 240 

 Presentiment, existence of a singular, at 



Selborne, 263 



Procreation of toads and frogs, 41 

 Propensity of fowls to perch a distance 



from the ground, 272 

 Priors of Selborne, how chosen, 229 ; list 



of the, 250 

 Priory church at Selborne, remains of 



the, 262 

 Priory of Selborne, antiquity of the, 214 ; 



benefactresses to the, 228 



QUADRUPEDS, observations on, 285 

 Queen Anne at Wolmer forest, 16 



RABBITS, turf improved by, 285 



Rain, large falls of, at Selborne, 11 



Rapacity of birds of prey, 277 



Raven tree, the, and its inhabitants, 6 



Red deei% Wolmer forest formerly inha- 

 bited by, 16 



Relics in Selborne priory, 241 



Ring-dove, food of the, 276 



Rivulet at Selborne, antiquity of the, 

 258 



Rooks, curious proceedings of, 189 



, social habits of, 270 



Rock-swallow, discovery of the, by John 

 White, 71 



Ruptures, superstitious cure for, 144 



Rushes best suited for burning in 

 candles, 141 



SAGACITY of birds, remarkable instances 



of the, 113, 271 

 Sand-martins, inferential torpidity of, 



282 



Sand -piper, migratory habits of the, 48 

 Scotland, defective maps of, 85 

 Seal used by the Priors of Selborne, 265 

 Selborne a Saxon village, 202 

 church, description of, 204 



Selborne fair, origin of, 263 



, list of rare plants found near, 162 



, locality of the parish of, 1 



Priors, list of, 250 



priory, history of, 214 217 



, suppressed by Pope InnocentVIII. , 



255 

 Scopoli's works, White's opinion of, 68, 



69, 71, 101, 102 



Severe winters of 1776 and 1784, 193, 195 

 Sexual distinction of birds by their 



colour, 101 

 Sheep, difficulty of recognition among, 



after shearing, 285 



Shell-snails devo\ired by thrushes, 271 

 Shower of aphides at Selborne, 295 

 Shrew-mouse, former cruel treatment 



of the, 145 

 Singing-birds at Selborne, list of, 93 



, general remarks upon, 96 



Sir Adam Gurdon, historical sketch of, 



218, 220 



Sloughing of snakes, 297 

 Snakes, singular mode of protection 



adopted by, 59 

 Snow-fleck, habits of the, 61 

 Soils of Holt and Wolmer forests, differ- 

 ent nature of the, 22 

 Sparrow-hawks, daring conduct of, 86 

 Spiders, remarks concerning, 137 

 Spotted fly-catcher, ingenuity of a, 113 

 Squirrels suckled by a cat, 286 

 Stepe, formerly Prior of Selborne, 242 

 Stone coffin found at Selborne, 247 

 Stock-doves, discussion concerning, 87 

 Stone-curlews, migration of, at night, 279 



, winter habits of, 38 



Summer birds of passage at Selborne, 



history of, 40, 90 

 Sussex Downs, geological formation of, 



120 

 Swallows, alleged torpidity of, 24 



, anecdotes of, 125 



, concealment of, during the winter, 



111 

 , congregating and disappearance 



of, 283 

 Swift, details regarding the habits of 



the, 130134 

 , singular anecdote regarding the, 



179 



TAME bat, description of a, 28 

 Toads, alleged cure of cancers by means 

 of, 46, 50 



, popular errors regarding, 42 



, Sir Joseph Banks on, 42 



Tortoise, death of the old Sussex, 178 



Trees, condensing powers of, 145 



VASE, antique, found at Selborne priory, 



262 



Vegetables, observations on, 298, 302 

 Vegetation, neglected study of, 161 

 Vicars of Selborne, history of, 211 

 Vipers, a batch of young, 148 

 , remedy for the bite of, 43. 



WAGTAILS, singular practices of, 284 



