INDEX 



47 S 



Turdus torquatus (see Ring ouzel) ; 



pilaris {see Fieldfare). 

 Turnip fly, 79. 

 Tutsan, or St. John's wort, 200, 



397- 



Upupa (Hoopoe), 29. 



Vaccinium oxycoccos (cranberry), 199; 



myrtillus (bilberry), 398, 200. 

 Vase found at Selborne Priory, 



349- 

 Vegetables as a diet, 190. 



Vegetation, laws of, 197. 



Verdure of trees, late, 123. 



Vespertilio murinus (bat), 30; auritus 



(long-eared bat), 30 ; alAvolans 



(large-bat), 81. 

 Vine, diseases of, 224; parasite of 



the, 224. 

 Vicarage at Selborne, 270. 

 Vicars of Selborne, list of, 274. 

 Vinago (cow pigeon), 96. 

 Vinca minor (lesser periwinkle), 200, 



39'- 



Vipers, breeding, 43, 45, 180, 389; 



oil as remedy for poison o^ 45 ; 

 eggs ofj 46 ; food of, 46 ; in the 

 water, 46 ; swallowing their 

 young, 46, 181 ; young o^ 180. 



Virgil's description of bees, 86, 

 193; swallows, 145; echo, 193. 



Visitation of Bishop of Winchester, 



303- 

 Visitatio Notabilis, the, 303, et sec. 

 Vitrified stone, 9. 

 Volcano in Norway, 252. 

 Vultures, 121, 236; and dogs 



associating, 236. 



Wagtails, white, 35, 86, 91, 420 ; 

 motion of tail of, 88 ; food of, 

 91 ; grey, 420; yellow JS. 



Waldon lodge, 20. 



Waltham blacks, 17, 18. 



Walwort, 201, 398. 



War between England and France, 

 292. 



Warbler, grasshopper ; sedge {see 

 Willow wren). 



Wasps, 251 ; nests, 407, 431. 



Water, hard and soft, 5. 



Water-fowl, 23; rat, 27, 66; ouzel, 

 116. 



Water at Selborne, 5. 



Water-ouzel, 116. 



Water, cattle frequenting, 22; efts, 

 45, 48 ; snake, 46 ; efts spawn 

 in, 48 ; fowl, wings and feet of, 

 414 ; rat, 66; shrew mouse, ()6; 

 distilled from trees, 175; con- 

 densed by fogs, etc., 178. 



Waxwing {see Silk-tail). 



Weasel, 38, 88. 



Weather, the, 71, 150, 163, 164, 

 186, 210, 240, 251, 447; in- 

 fluencing migration of birds, 

 119, 125; at Plymouth, 238. 



Weaver's Down, 1 1 . 



Well-head, 4. 



Well, lizard found in, 51. 



Wells, depth of, in Selborne, 5. 



Wey river, the, 5, 25. 



Wheatear, 35, 86, 117, 143, 144; 

 food of, 93 ; does not always 

 migrate, 35. 



Wheat crops, 443 ; bread, use of, 

 151, 189. 



Whinchat, 86, 117, 144 ; food of, 



93- 

 White malm, 5 ; rooks, 38, 39; 



larks, 65 ; hares, 65. 

 White's Calendar, 387. 

 Whitethroat, 29, 71, 89, 109, no, 



117, 143 ; note of, 89. 

 Widgeon, 23, 29. 

 Whortle, or bilberry, 200, 398. 

 Wild boars in Wolmer Forest, 2 5 ; 



fowls, 29, 133 ; geese, breeding 



of, 66 ; ducks, 133. 

 Willow lark, 49, 59 ; note of, 63, 



87. 

 Willow-wren, 42, 49, 71, 132, 233. 

 Willoughby, Mr., 36. 

 Winchester Cathedral, rebuilt, 264. 

 Windhover {see Kestrel). 



