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INDEX 



Bittern, disappearance of, from 



Sussex, 81 

 Black and gold in naiure, 38 

 Black grouse, extermination of, 



in Sussex, 81, 84 

 "Black Jacks," 199 

 Blue butterfly, abundance of, on 



the downs, 65 ; mode of settling 



for sleep, 66, 67 ; autumnal 



disappearance of, 207 

 Blue flowers in masses, efiect 



of, 45 

 Boldre, Gilpin's tomb at, 194 

 Borrer, William, his Birds of 



Sussex, 156 

 Boxholt Bottom, a buzzard caught 



in, 83 

 Boy, a Sussex, 108-110; a sweet- 

 voiced, 281 

 Blackberry-gatherers, 225 

 Eiamblings, 242 



Brewers, their policy as to public- 

 houses, 260 

 Brighton poulterers, wheatears 



caught for, 137, 138 

 Bunting breeding on the downs, 



91 

 Burke on the connection between 



sight and feeling, 26 

 Burton, Dr. John, his Iter Stisscxi- 



ense, 147 ; on Sussex speech and 



singing, 148 

 Bustard, disappearance of, from 



Sussex, 81 ; its former presence 



on the downs, 83 

 Butterflies of the downs, 64 

 Buzzard, extirpation of, in Sussex, 



81; motive for shooting, 82; 



its former presence in Sussex, 



83, 84, 136 



Carter, talk with a, 18 

 Chalk in landscape, GUpin'B opin- 

 ion of, 233 

 Chanctonbury Bing, altitude of, 



22; stone curlews recently 



breeding near, 85 

 Characteristics, racial, durability 



of, 120 

 Chichester, the cathedral spire, 



253-255; local odour of, 256, 



279; public-houses, 258; cathe- 

 dral services, 261 

 " Chichesters, the," 257 

 Children in summer, 170 

 ChilgTove Manor, 288 ; junipers 



at, 289 

 Chough, disappearance of, from 



Sussex, 81 

 Churches of the downs, 189, 190, 



294 

 Churchyards, their charm, 189 

 Clap-nets, wheatears now caught 



in, 139 

 Clematis, wild, on the downs, 



234 ; in tree-form, 290 

 Cocking, village of, 218; bird 



comedy at, 220 

 Cold, bitter experience of, 170 

 Collectors, injury caused by, 82 

 Colour of flowers, intensity of, on 



the downs, 52 

 Contributions to Literature, by 



M. A. Lower, quoted, 82 

 "Coops" for wheatear catching, 



130 

 Cottage welcome, a. 111 

 Cow-dung fly, its habits, 62 

 Cuckmere, peewits in the valley 



of the, 243; a wintering ground 



for peewits, 244 

 Culpepper, the family of, 122 



Danish descent of Sussex coast- 

 dwellers, 105 



Daw, caged, at Chichester, 274 



De Quincey's "gluttonism," 70, 

 104 



Dew as water-supply for moles, 

 80 



