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Newt, or eft, water, some account of. . . • • • • 85, 93 



Norekill i. 5 



Northern birds seen in the south i. 9^ 



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Oak, a vast one planted on the Plestor i. 9 



Oestrus Curvicauda, account of i. 155, ii. 270 



Osprey, or sea-eagle, where shot i. l65 



Otter, one, where killed i. 141 



Owl, brown, a tame one i- 55 



• • . • white, or barn-owl, the young not easily 



bred up c i. 55 



Owls, white, do not hoot i. 260 



.... brown, live without water , i. 262 



.... hoot in different keys i. 241 



.... white, several particulars of i. 259 



.... fern, superstitious notions of the country 



people respecting ii' 231 



some account of ii. 233, 236 



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Partridges, hen, instances of their remarkable 



solicitude to save their brood ii. 211 



Passeres, order of, contains all the singing birds i. 204 



Peacocks, their train not a tail i. 1 56 



Pettichaps, a very rare bird at Selborne ii. 114 



Pkalcena Quercus, devour the leaves of oak trees ii. 264 



Pheasant, Hybrid, description of ii. 212 



Pheasants, reason of their cowring and squatting ii. 22 1 



Pigeons, drink like quadrupeds. . . * i. 175 



