INDEX. 



413 



Coclcroach, 337. 



Congregating of birds, 147, 169, 326. 



Coots, 245. 



Crickets, field, 253. 



— house, 256, 338. 



— mole, 258. 

 Crossbill, 41, 124, 173,400. 

 Crows, 138, 293. 



Cuclcoo, 91, 107, 113, 123, 142, 217, 



330. 

 Cuckoo-pint, 60. 

 Cucumbers set by bees, 354. 

 Curlew, stone, 61, 79, 97, 129, 320. 



D. 



Dabchicks, 245. 



Daws, 80, 81. 



Destruction of birds, 398, 399. 



Deer, 29, 35, 55, 111, 119. 



Deer-stealers, their exploits, 30, 398. 



Divers, 244; great speclded, 317. 



Dogs, 282—284, 407. . 



Doves, 138, 266—268. 



Drey, or nest, 333. 



Ducks, 310. 



Dung of nestling-birds, 167. 



E. 



Eagle-owi, 103, 404. 

 Earth-worms, 346. 

 Echoes, 232—236, 287. 

 - Eels in the island of Ely, 187. 

 Eft, 71, 75. 



Elm, or wych-hazel, 16, 17, 396. 

 Eve-jarr, 321. 



F. 



Fairy rings, 355. 

 Falcon, peregrine, 40, 46, 281, 400. 

 Fernchafer, 145, 188, 336. 

 Fern-owl, 114, 123, 145, 219, 321, 



323. 

 Fieldfares, 102, 103, 110, 133. 

 Fish, 345 ; gold and silver, 273. 

 Flies, 140, 169, 160, 342, 405. 

 Flight of birds, 242. 

 Flv-catcher, 38, 63, 115, 155, 189. 

 Fo'lk lore, 21 3, 229, 257. 

 Food of birds, 307, 315, 329. 



Food influences the colour of birds 



and animals, 60, 305. 

 Forest-fly, or side-fly, 160. 

 Foster-dams, 223, 406. 

 Fossil shells, 20, 397. 

 Fossil wood, 285. 

 Fowls, 247, 310. 

 Freestone, 21. 

 Frogs, 67, 70, 409. 

 Frost, its effect on animals, 113; on 



trees and shrubs, 289 ; on fish, 



294 ; on birds, 296. 



a. 



Galunjs order, 123, 344. 

 Geese, wild, 103, 310. 

 Geology of Selborne, 1 6, 39S. 

 German silk-tail(garrulusbohemic'us), 



48. 

 Gipsies, 207. 

 Glow-worra, 92, 346. 

 Goat-sucker, 83, 86, 321—323. 

 Gossamer, 203. 

 Grasshopper-lark, 38, 63. 

 Greatham, the manor-farm, 31. 

 Grosshawk, 41, 400. 

 Gross-beaks, 41, 329. 

 Gryllus domesticm (house cricket), 



256, 338. 

 Guinea fowls, 310, 311. 



H. 



Hares, white, 103. 

 Hanger, the, 13. 

 Harvest-bug, 139. 

 Hatching of eggs, 107, 114, 404. 

 Hawkley-hanger, 251. 

 Hawks, 219, 265. 

 Hazel, wych, 16. 

 Heath-fires, why lighted, 30. 

 Heath burnings, 31. 

 Hedge-hogs, 109, 404. 

 Hedge-sparrows, 113, 187. 

 Hellebore, stinking, 240, 241. 

 Heliotropes, 249. 

 Hen-harriers, 187, 316. 

 Herons, 83. 

 Himantopus, 260. 



