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Selborne, village, how circumstanced •••••••••• i. S 



the manor of, abounds with e ame • • • » i. 21 



parish of, of vast extent, why i. 21 



population of i. 23 



rain, quantity of, considerable, why . . . . i. 22 



produces near half the birds of Great 



Britain i. 178 



Serpent kind, eat but once a year « . . i. 88 



Sexes, of birds and beasts, when they se- 

 parate i. 229 



Sheep, Sussex, horned and hornless i. 278 



...... observations on ii. 249 



Slugs,* very injurious to wheat just come out 

 of the ground, by eating off the blade ; and 

 by their infinite numbers occasioning incredi- 

 ble havock ii. l6, 281 



Snails, remarks on • ii. 281 



water, vulgar error i. 88 



Snake, stinks se defendendo , . . . . i. 124 



. . . .'s slough, curious particulars concerning. . . . ii. 282 



Snipes, their piping and humming i. 81 



Snow-fleck, sometimes seen at Selborne i. 127 



Sociality in the brute creation, instances of. .i. 328, S30 



Softbilled birds, how many stay the winter. ... i. 199 



Sow, prodigious fecundity of one ii. 9 



* For the amazing ravages committed on turnips, wheat, 

 clover, field-cabbage seeds, &c. by shigs, and a rational and 

 easy method of destroying them, see a sensible letter by Mr, 

 Henry Vagg, of Chilcoinpton, in the county of Somerset, lately 

 made public at the request of the gentlemen of that neigh- 

 bourhood. 



