386 INDEX 



Wolmer forest, xxvii, 3 ; Queen Anne in, 14 ; teal in ponds of, 82 ; pond, 18 ; 



its birds, ig ; coins found in, 19, 239. 

 Wood, fossil, where found, 219. 



LosEL's, its taper oaks, 4; its raven-tree, 5. 



boring insects, 336. 



Woodchat shrike, 60. 



Woodcocks, some sluggish and sleepy, 116, 119. 



carrying of young by , 70 ; winter niiigrants, 96 ; food of, lox note; retire 



in spring, 112; nesting and breeding of, 113 ; migration of, 115, 116. 

 Woodlark hangs poised in the air, 57, iSg ; sings in autumn and January, 



83, 97, 103 ; sings in the night, 96 ; sings as it flies, 99. 

 Woodpecker, noise of, 38, igo ; flight of, 188 ; uses its tail for support, 188. 

 Wood-pigeon, see Stock-dove. 

 Wood-wren, its haunts and song, 22 ; a summer migrant, 38, 94 ; late arrival 



of, 67 ; its song, gg. 

 Woods, Henry, of Shopwyke, x ; John, of Chilgrove, xxiii. 

 Worldham, see Ward-le-ham. 

 Worms, earth, no inconsiderable link in the chain of nature, some account 



of, 172. 

 Wornils (maggots of Warble-fly), 329. 

 Wren, though a soft-billed bird, stays with us all the year, 95 ; sings all the 



year, 84 note, 97, 100, 103 ; sings as it flies, gg ; nest of, 214. 

 golden-crowned, hangs back downwards, 3g ; stays with us the year 



round, g5 ; hardly to be called a singing bird, g8 ; the smallest British 



bird, 100. 

 Wrens, willow, three species, 36, 45. 



Wryneck, a summer migrant, 38, 86, 94 ; its note, g4 ; gait and food of, 332. 

 Wych elm or hazel, 4. 

 Wykeham, William of, his liberal behaviour toward the Priory of Sel- 



borne, 282. 

 and Winchester cathedral, 243 note ; his visitation of Selborne Priory, 



276. 

 Wynchestre, John, chosen Prior of Selborne, " per viam, vel formam 



simplicis compromissi," 284. 

 Wyndesor, William, elected Prior of Selborne irregularly, and set aside by 



the visitor, 293. 

 291, 294. 



Yard, church, of Selborne, a scanty one, 249. 



Year, Natural History of the, 235. 



Yellow-wort, 185. 



Yellowhammer, sings from February to August, g7 ; breeds very late, 100. 



Yeoman-prickers, their agility as horsemen, 14. 



Yew-branches carried on Palm Sunday, 252. 



Yew-tree, a vast one, in Selborne churchyard, 250. 



male and female, 250 ; poisonous to certain animals, 250. 



Yew-trees in churchyards, 251. 



