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INDEX. 



Hirundines, 159, 172, 197, 32S. 



Hogs, 222. 



Holt, the district of, 33. 



Honey-buzzards, 264, 307, 407. 



Honey-dew, 357. 



Hoopoes, 40. 



Hops, 353. 



Horse, 333. 



Hounds, 333. 



House-flies, 343. 



House-martins, 42, 49, 115,121, 151, 



164—170, 188,269,275,278. 

 House-swallows, 48, 280. 

 Humming-birds, 340. 

 Huxham, his observations on rain at 



Plymouth, 286. 

 Hybernation of swallows, 37, 407. 



1. 



Ichneumon fly, 342. 



Idiot boy, 211. 



Insect-eating birds, 306. 



Insects, or vermes, observations on, 



334—348. 

 Instinct of birds, 49, 165, 165, 277, 



312. 

 Irish Fauna, 201, 406. 

 Ivy berries, 352. 



Jackdaws, 80, 81. 

 Jar bird, what, 64. 

 Jardine Hall, 157,406. 



Kites, 243. 



K. 



L. 



Lampreys, 74. 



Land-rail, 314. 



Language of birds, 245. 



Lapwings, 163. 



Larks, 60, 02, 76, 138. 



Leprosy, a case of, at Selborne, 258. 



Leveret suckled by a cat, 223. 



Lime blossoms, 352. 



Linnets, 51, 132. 



Lizard, 79, 85, 



Loaches, from Ambresbury, 74. 

 Loon, 317. 



M. 



Maggots, 336 ; star-tailed, 141. 



Magpies, 82, 198, 309. 



Marsh plants, 32, 398. 



Martins, 42, 49. 115, 121, 151, 164— 



170, 1S2— 186, 269, 275, 324. 

 May-fly {ephemera), 91, 339. 

 Mazel, Mr. Peter, engraver, 74. 

 Meteorological observations, 24, 356 



—366,397. 

 Mezzotinto, the inventor, 35. 

 Mice, harvest, 46, 53, 188. 

 — water shrew, 104. 

 Migration of birds, 50, 61, 52, 64, 



78, 81, 84, 86, 93—96, 102, 112, 



115, 117, 135—138, 143, 146, 152, 



169,199, 305—307, ."514, 328,401. 

 Miller's-thumb, or bull's-head, 42, 



100. 

 Missel-thrush, 161, 198. 

 Misseltoe, its utiUty, 200. 

 Moose-deer, HI, 119. 

 Mosquitoes, 159. 

 Moths. 339. 

 Mucilaginous seeds, why they do not 



readily germinate, 352, 411. 

 Mus amphihius, 39, 399. 

 Muscce (flies), 343. 

 Museum, the countryman's, 40. 

 Music of birds, 279. 



N. 



Naturalist's Calendar, as kept at 



Selborne, 367. 

 Nature, the economy of, 33, 328. 

 Newt, 71. 



Nightingales, 131, 137, 186. 

 Night-jar, 84. 

 Nose-fly, 342. 

 Nuthatch, 64, 278, 403, 408. 



Oaks, 18,349,397. 

 Oak-hanger ponds, 32, 



