INDEX. 



415 



Oestrus curvicauda, 140, 342. 

 Osprey, 160. 



Otter killed at Selbome, 117. 

 Ousels, 48, 77, 78, 81, 88, 96, 102, 



120, 124, 12S, 138, 152, 161, 173. 

 Owls, 42, 114, lis, 142, 145, 157, 



219, 330. 



P. 



Pairing of birds, 115, 118. 

 Parasite hatching of eggs, 107, 114, 



404. 

 Pai-ental affection of birds, 19, 154, 



312. 

 Partridges, 310, 311. 

 Peacocks, 141. 

 Pea-hens, 313. 

 Peregrine falcon, 281. 

 Pettichaps, 280. 

 Phalama Quercus, 339. 

 Pheasant, 312. 

 Pigeons, 138, 161,265. 

 Pine-tree {taxodium distichon), 17. 

 Plestor, its history, 17, 214. 

 Plover, the stilt, a curious bird, 260. 

 Poems, 1 — 9. 

 Ponds on hills, 216. 

 Poplar-tree, 351. 

 Portugal laurel, 296, 407. 

 Poultry, 309. 

 Ptinv,s Pectinicomis, 336. 



Q. 



Quadrupeds, observations on, 331 — 



334. 

 Quails, 52, 306. 

 Queen's bank, why so called, 28. 



R. 



Rabbits, 321. 



Rain, mean quantity of, 24, 85, 286. 



Rat, water, 104. 



Ravens, 19. 



Red-breasts, 106, 188. 



Red deer, 28. 



Redstart, 63, 187, 189. 



Red-wings, 143. 



Reed-sparrow, 103, 106, 113, 118. 



Reed-warbler, 89. 



Reptiles, 97. 

 Respiratory organs, 402. 

 Ring-doves, 267, 316. 

 Ring-ousel, 48, 77, 78, 81, 88, 96, 



102, 120, 125, 138, 152, 161, 173. 

 Robin, 1 87. 

 Rooks, 307. 



— milk-white, 60, 403. 

 Rush-candles, 208. 



S. 



Salecaria, 89, 97. 



Sand-martin, 1 82, 324. 



Sand-piper, 77, 404. 



ScarabcBus, or melolonthafuUoj 38. 



Scallops, or pectines, found in" quar- 

 ries, 21. 



Scopoli 's AnnusPrimus, 1 1 8, 1 22, 1 27, 



Scott (Sir Walter), his oak snuff- 

 box, 26. 



Sedge-warbler, 89, 90, 106, 103. 



Seed lying dormant, 353. 



Selborne, and its environs, 1, 13 

 its streams, 15; geology, 16,396 

 parish, 24, 190; zoology, 42 

 botany, 238 ; ornithology, 259 

 superstition of, 212. 



Selborne-hanger, 13. 



Sex of birds, 118. 



Sheep, 331 ; of Sussex downs, 172. 



Shrew-ash, 214. 



Singing-birds, 98, 106, 112, 114, 131 



Slugs, 347. 



Snails, 347. 



Snake under water, 73, 410. 



Snakes, 72, 73, 97. 



Snakes* slough, 347. 



Snipes, 39, 66, 162, 201. 



Snowflecks, 103. 



Soft-billed birds, 120, 405. 



Sparrow-hawks, 187, 265. 



Sparrows, 113, 118, 123, 187. 



Sphynx Ocellata, 340. 



Spiders, 203. 



Spiracula of animals, 55. 



Squirrels, 333. 



Squnck, or stonck, 97. 



Sticklebacks, 73. 



Stiltplovers, 260. 



