INDEX 



297 



.Selborne, Manor and Game, 19 



Parish Extension ol, 19 



, Geographical Posi- 

 tion of, 9 



, Parishes on which it 



Abuts, 9 

 , Population of, at Different 



Periods, 20 



. RainfaU at, 19 



, Soils of, 10 



, Streams of, 11 



Village, Extension and 



Position of, 10 



, Shelter of, 19 



Sexes, Differences In, 131 



Sheep-bell, 74 



Sheep, Close Grazing of, 27 

 ' Sheep, Horned and Hornless, 163 



, Sociality of, 191 



Shepherds and "Wheatears, 1(54 



Shrew Ash, 199 



Shrike, Woodchat, 76 



Shrubs, 274 



Skylark, 133, 232 



Slugs, 211 



Snails, 211, 252 



Snakes, 54, 56, 76 



Snipe, 24, 29, 36, 37, 38, 53, 125 



, Humming of, 36, 53, 100 



Snow as a Preservative of Vege- 

 tation, 273, 276 



, Heavy Fall of, 277 



Snow Flake or Bunting, 49, 77 



Soils of Selbome, 10, 11 



of Wolmer and Holt 



Forests, 33 

 Song, Lack of, in Hirundines, 

 176 



of Birds, 103, 104, 123, 127, 



128 

 — — of the Swallow, 169 

 Sow, Wild, 33 



Sparrowhawks, 102, 111, 235 

 Sparrows, House, 84, 103, 133, 



157, 176, 178 

 Spiders' Webs, Remarkable 



Shower of, 188 

 Spinning, 21 

 Sport, Spirit of, in Human 



Nature, 33 

 Sportsmen and Unreasonable 



Bags, 24 



Squirrel, 40, 263 



Starling, 147, 231 



Stickleback, 38, 57 



Stock Dove, 99, 111, 112, 142 



Stone, Blue Rag, Character and 

 tfses of, "17 



, How to Surbed, 17 



, Kind of. Found in Wol- 

 mer Forest, 17 



Stonechat, 100, 135 



Stoat, 48 



Summers, Hot, 284 



Superstitions, 198 



Swallows, 34, 42, 44, 45, 52, 69, 

 70, 73, 80, 84, 96, 100. 

 101, 102, 125, 128, 130, 

 133, 135, 139, 147, 168, 

 169, 170, 186, 212, 223, 

 231, 234, 252, 265 



. Dates of Appearance ol 



Broods, 35 



in a Torpid State, 34 



, Nests in Odd Places, 170 



Swans, 102, 141 



Swifts, 35, 38, 52, 73, 79, 97, 100, 

 101, 133, 177, 178, 182, 

 183, 223, 231, 253, 254 



, Alpine or White Bellied, 



91 



, Habits of, 182, 183 



, Summer Stay of, 35 



Systematlsts and the Vagueness 

 of their Differences, 144 



Tadpole, 55 'fi 



Tameness of Birds during Nidl- 

 ficatlon, 187 



of Ring Ousel, 134 



Teal, 29, 31, 38, 101, 152 



Temperature at which Hiber- 

 nating Creatures Wake, 

 213 



, High, In Mardi, 212 



Tench, 30 



Thaws, Ground, 275 



Thermometer, Remarkable Falls 

 of, 275, 279, 281 



Thrush, Missel, 41, 99, 123, 142» 

 187, 231 



