342 



INDEX. 



Watson and Brimstone lodges, ancient 

 custom regarding, 19 



Waltham blacks, hunting propensities 

 of the, 17 



Wasps, food of, 292 



Water-newt, habits of the, 43 



Water-rat, anecdote of a, 62 



Water-rats, not all web-footed, 26 



Water produced by trees, 145 



Weather, observations regarding the, 

 191200 



, summary of the, from 1768 to 1792, 



308312 



"Well-head," description of the spring 

 called, 3 



Whaddon, account of the chapel of, 258 



White, John, a correspondent of Lin- 

 naeus, 70 



White's letters first addressed to Pen- 

 nant, 1. 



opinion of Scopoli's works, 68, 69, 



71, 101, 102 



White owls, peculiarities of, 115 



rooks, rarity of r 37 



Wild bees near Lewes, 292 



boars in the New Forest, 23 



William Thompson's "Ornithology of 



Ireland, "85 

 Willow-wren, or chiff-chaffs, opinions 



regarding, 230 



Winter birds of passage at Selborne, 91 

 Wolmer forest, description of, 14 



pond, extent of, 21 



Woodchat, rarity of the, 60 

 Worms, services rendered by, 152 

 Wrens, various kinds of, 39 

 Wryneck, long tongue of the, 284 

 Wych elm, or hazel, at Selborne, 4 

 Wykeham of Winchester at Selborne, 



231, 235 



YEW-BERRIES, poisonous effects of, 209 

 Yew-tree leaves, animals poisoned by 



eating, 209 



in Selborne churchyard, 209 



Yellow wagtail, mistake regarding the, 



33 

 Young rats suckled by a cat, 151 



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BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEtRIARS. 



