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INDEX. 
obius Jiuviatilis cajjitafus (buU-lieal), 
35 
Gold finch, 101 
Goldfish, 262, 263 
Gold -crested wren {see Wren) 
Golden thrushes, 120 
Golden maiden-hair, brush of, 196 
Gossamer, a shower of, 139,435 ; origin 
of, 190, 435 
Gracious street, 553 
Grallfe, logs of, 99 ; food of, 128 
Graminivorous birds eating vegetabl 
105 
Grange, the, 553 
Grass, uses of, 225 
Grasshopper, 241 ; lark, 51, 61, 7 7, 
167 ; warbler, 356 ; two kinds '->f, 
357 
Gravel in birds' crops, 84 
Graves under trees, 480 
Great Britain, birds of, 173 
Greatham farm, 19 
Green lizard, 57, 68 
Gregarious habits of horses and cows, 
191 
Grosbeak, 34 ; food of, 34 
Gryllus campestris (field- cricket) ; do- 
mesticus (house-cricket); Gryllus 
talpge (mole-cricket) [see Cricket) 
Guernsey lizard, 73 
Gurdon, Sir Adam, 491 ; marriage of, 
492 ; rebellion of, 497 ; menace 
against the English language, 498 ; 
death of, 499 ; seal of, 499 
FT. 
Haggard falcon, 270 
Hailstorm at Selborne, 291 
Hampton bridge, 6 
Hanger, the, 2, 13, 319; meaning of, 
318 
Hares, 12, 281 
Harvest mouse (see Mouse, harvest) ; 
bug, 124, 412 
Hawkley hanger, 238 
Hawk, sparrow, strange, 33 ; blue, 
168 ; ringtail, anatomy of^ 204 ; de- 
stroyed by poultrj', 2a 4 
Hawks, 33 ; casting up feathers, 36 ; 
migration of, 120 ; do not prey while 
cuckoo is heard, 185 
Haws, a food for birds, 38, 349 ; failure 
of, 38 
Haze, or smoky fog, 289 
Hazel wych, 5 
Heat, intense, 287 ; spoiling fruit, 
287 ; effects of on hybernating 
animals, 212 
Heathcock, formerly plentiful, 16 
Heathfires, 20 
Hedgehog, 97, 384 ; food of, 97 ; spines 
of, 97, 384, 385 ; hybernating of, 98, 
386 ; young of, 385 ; vertebrse of, 
385 ; claws of, 385 ; resisting poison, 
385 ; food of, 386 
Hedgesparrow and the cuckoo, 102, 
382 
Hcliotropns, summer and winter, 
235 
Helleborus fcHidus (stinking hellebore), 
226 ; viridis (green hellebore), 226 ; 
nigcr, 227; hellebores, order of bloom- 
ing, 227 ; hyemalis, 227 
Hrlhhorini, 227 
H em pseed for birds, 48, 145, 354 
lien harrier, 167 
Hen and horse, friendshi[) of, 192 ; and 
ducklings, 209 
Hen, common, 233 
Henry III. grants lands to Selborne 
priory, 488 
Heronry at Cressi Hall, 69, 74 
Hills and mountains, moving, 237 ; 
attracting clouds, 290 
Himantoims, 247, 248 
Hippohoscce hirundinis, 142, 258 
Hirundo, hyhema, 114 ; rupestris, 114 ; 
alpina, 116 ; esculenta, 163 [see also 
Swallow, Martin, and Swift) 
Hogmere, lake, 22 
Hogs, age of, 207 
Hollow lane leading to Alton, 11 
Holt, Fol-est, 1, 25, 327 ; ironstone in, 
10, 327 ; deer in, 19, 26 ; meaning 
of, 318 
Holy Ghost Chapel, Basingstoke, de- 
struction of, 551 
Holy water clump, 560 
Home-made candles, 194 
Honey-buzzard, 155, 252 
Honey-dew, 288 
Hoopoe, 345 
Hoopoes at Selborne, 34 ; migration of, 
120 
Hops, suitable soil for, 4 ; at Selborne, 
13, 186 ; gardens, 320 
Horns at Lord Pembroke's, 1G8 ; of 
red-deer, growth of, 329 ; coav's, 
structure of, 420 
Horse botfly, 125, 413 ; and hen friend- 
ship, 192 ; should not be kept in 
solitude, 436 ; brain of, 437 ; long 
tail of, 437 
Horticulture, spread of, 2 > 6 
House martins [see Martins, hous 
swallow {see Swallow, house) 
Howe, General, machinery made by, 
25 
