579 
Bunting, reed, 106 
13 liming the heath, 20 
Burnt wood-ashes as manure, 20 
Bustards, 89, 113, 406 ; siniilar to 
stone curlew, 116 ; at Briglitun, 113, 
406 
Butcherbird, great ash-coloured, 143, 
363; red backed, 63, 143, 363; 
food of, 63, 363 ; note of, 363 
Lu'.co apivorus or vcspicorus {rr- Hone y 
buzzard) 
Buzzard, honev, 155, 252 
Byfields Charity, 482 
C. 
Caddis fly, 180 
Calculus from stomach of ox, 126 ; ivom 
stomach of horse, 415 
Calendar, naturalists', 295 
Call of birds, 230 
Canaries, 349 ; naturalized, 140 ; song 
of, 349 ; varieties of, 350 
Cancer cured by toads, 59 
Cane {see Weasel) 
Capons, 206 
Caprimulgus, {sec Goat-sucker) 
Carniola, birds of, 106, 109 
Carp, 22, 263 ; tame, 171 ; in severe 
weather, 171 ; large, 338 ; eggs of, 
338 ; scales of, 418 
Castration, 206 
Caterpillars, 358 
Caterpillar vegetable of New Zealand, 
451 
Cats, 208 ; fond of fish, 104, 394 ; 
catching swifts on the wing, 1^3 ; 
suckling a leveret, 209 ; suckling a 
squirrel, 209, 395 ; eating crickets, 
245 ; electric, 286 ; at Selborne, nu- 
merous, 322 ; catching swallows, 322; 
and rabbits, hybrid between, 336 ; 
in rabbit holes, 394 ; half tame, 
half wild, 395 
Cattle frequenting the water, 23 ; in- 
jured by eating yew, 349, 478 
Chafers destroying foliage of trees, 123 ; 
varieties of, 369 ; fern, 71, 130, 170 
Chaffinch, 41, 49, 350 ; separation of 
sexes, 41, 117, 145 ; food of, 95 ; 
two varieties of, 351 ; taming, 361 ; 
song of, 353 
Chaffinches hen, flock of, 41, 117 ; 
migration of, 41 
Chalkhills, beautiful, 152 
Chantry, what is a, 505 
Chapelfleld, 494, 546, 561 ; antiquities 
found at, 561 
Characlrius himantoims (stilt ]dover ?) 
247 ; ordicvc7nus {t<ec Stone-curh^w) 
Chaucer, 521 
Chifl-chafF, 49, 138, 355, 356 
" Chinky-chank " {see Chiff-chaff) 
Chimney Swallow {see Swallow, chim- 
ney) 
Chinese dogs, 271 
Chlora perfoliata {sec Yellow wort) 
(Jholera and flies, 414 
Choughs Cornish, 112, 144, 425 
< lirysomela oJeracca {sec Turnip fly) 
Church at Selborne, 317, 466 ; exterior 
of, 475 ; built out of the eastward 
position, 477 ; yards, 476 ; trees in, 
origin of, 480 
Churches, scarcity of in Sussex, 68 
Churn owls {see Fern owls) 
Churr worm {see Mole cricket) 
Ohrysosplenium oppositifolium {sec 
Opposite Golden Saxifrage) 
Claws of heron, 69, 368 
Clay's Pond, fossils at, 8 
Clock made by General Howe, 25 
Cobwebs, shower of, 189, 435 
Coccus vitis vinifcrce, 259 
Coins found in Wolmer pond, 24, 339, 
461, 559, 562 
Cold injurious to vegetation, 277 
Colour influencing birds' choice of 
food, 33 ; of birds influenced by 
food, 48 ; of birds in pairing time, 
106 
Columha livia (blue rock i)igeon), 254 
Coluher natiHx (English snake), 57 
Colymhus glacialis {see Diver, or loon) 
Comarium palusti^ce {see Marsh cincjue- 
foil) 
Comb, kept for the use of hinds, 
524 
Conduit w^ood, 545 
Cormorant, 368 
Cornish choughs, 112, 144, 425 
Corn mill at Selborne, 547 
Cornua Ammonis, 8 
Corrodies, meaning of, 513 
Corvus moneclula {sec Jackdaw) 
Country -made candles, 194 
Cow's horn, structure of, 420 
Cows congregating, 191 
Crabs used for hunting rabbits, 334 ; 
man's hand seized by, 349 
Cranmer lake, 22 
Cressi Hall heronry, 69, 73 
Cricket, eggs of, 240 ; field, 240 ; sex 
of, 241 ; wings of, 241, 244, 246 ; 
(diirping of, 241, 242 ; fen {see Cricket. 
mole) ; mole, 241, 245 ; house, 243 ; 
tame, 243 ; food of, 244 ; habits of, 
2 1:4 ; to destroy, 245 ; nest and eggs 
of, 246 ; chewing the cud, 247 ; crv 
of, 248 
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